Appendix:Proto-Chimakuan reconstructions

Proto-Chimakuan reconstructions:[1]

Powell (1974) edit

Gloss Proto-Chimakuan
generalizing base connoting existence *ʔá-
chief *ʔák̍ʷit
mountain *ʔáʔaxit
naked *ʔaláq̍ʷa
to make, to do *ʔali-
food, to feed *ʔalit-
my sibling *ʔáliʔs
waves, choppy sea *ʔl̍-
my grandparent *ʔamáʔas
to leave, abandon *ʔilax̣a-
to sweep *ʔiq̍ʷ
many, much *ʔixʷ-(i)
generalizing base yielding locatives and partitives *ʔó-
house *ʔot̍i-tikʷ(i)
nose *-os
to bleed, blood *can-
to move, run around *caw-
to dig *caqʷ-
egg *cickʷa-
gum *ci̇́xaʔ
it's straight *ci̇́xaʔV
waterfall *ci̇́x̣aʔ
move, go *cots-
when *-c̍
negation, 'no, not' *c̍a-
clothes, blanket *-c̍a
diminutive suffix, 'a little, small' *-c̍a
I cry *c̍aksaʔli
shut tight, covered *c̍ap-
water *-c̍i, *-c̍o
to dive *c̍ilak̍-
up, above *c̍ilV́ w̍á
ground, world, universe *c̍iq̍át-
high, above *c̍ixiɬV
ground, floor *-c̍o
hewn wood *c̍okʷ-
come *hakʷo-
good, well, pretty, handsome, delicious *hak̍ʷi-
tree *hám̍aʔa
to cover *hap̍il
tired *haq̍a-
to pack, carry on back *haq̍ʷ-
to fall down, go down *haw-
deer *hawayisqa (?)
to breathe *hax̣ál
generalizing base connoting identification or particularity *hi-
stem connoting kinship *hi̇́c-
grouse *himhi̇́m
pigeon *him̍o
father *hi̇́na
daughter-in-law *hóqɬ
to finish *hoya-
hook *kam̍-
to hang *kan-
to hide *kan̍-
parent's sister, aunt *káy̍is-
to kick, dance *kici̇́lV
to say, tell *-kina
dog (probably wool-bearing type) *kináno
across *kita-
legend, story *kixti-
to help *ki̇́y̍a-
I hit, beat *k̍ác̍illi (?)
stone *k̍áλ̍a, k̍át̍ia
my younger sibling *k̍an̍i̇́s
to be ashamed *k̍asa-
snow *k̍i̇́ʔ-
belly *-k̍i
Roosevelt elk *ki̇́kiɬ
lazy *k̍ik̍iti-
every *k̍itaʔ-
to tie up, bind *k̍iy̍a-
finger *kʷant
adopted *kʷas-
demonstrative *kʷiʔV
having an eye open *kʷikʷ-i-
to lie down *kʷikʷ-i-c̍óʔti-
large *kʷikʷo-
six *kʷi̇́ɬas
down, below *kʷiyó w̍á
moving water *kʷiw̍a
warm, cooked *kʷyaɬa-
father's brother, uncle *kʷyaq-
canoe *-kʷo
full *kʷok̍ʷi-
dead, gravely ill *kʷol-
down, blow *kʷoló w̍á
my wife *kʷoɬis
spruce cone (?) *kʷoyóqʷos
leg *k̍ʷiɬ
to die, dead, to smite dead *k̍ʷiq-
to steal *k̍ʷot-
certain, truth, really *k̍ʷóys-
dry *k̍ʷoyxʷa
deceased *-k̍ʷyayi
to lick *lakʷi-
to travel *laq̍a
slimy *laqʷa-
to walk, foot *law̍-
to eat *-lax̣
song, to sound like something *-layo
face *-li
to forget *limi-
I go ashore *liti̇́ʔ-
dizzy, spinning around *li̇́xʷa-
canoe *-lo
general possessive and ordinal suffix *-lo
hole, cave, tunnel *loq̍ʷa-
to shake *l̍aq̍ʷo-
near, toward *l̍ay̍-
intensifying particle, 'indeed' *ɬa
in the woords *ɬálow̍wto
hair, feathers *ɬap-
eye *ɬaq̍ʷo (?)
behind *ɬawo-
two *ɬaw̍
face, leaf *-ɬi
to tie *ɬikʷi-
trail, road *-ɬimt
tongue *-ɬito
child *-ɬk̍ʷa
strong *ɬomi-
to spit *ɬoxʷ
warrior *ɬóxʷa
fish scales *λ̍act-
nettle(s) *λ̍álap, t̍ɬálap
bed *λ̍ap-
swell up *λ̍aqʷ-
to get up *λ̍axʷ-
to sit down *λ̍ay̍-
hard *λ̍i̇́ka-
(blue) green *λ̍i̇́q̍aʔ-
feathers *λ̍óʔot-
break *λ̍oq̍ʷ-
hard *λ̍óx̣ʷa
wet *maʔi
chipmunk *mácmac
I'm thirsty *mác̍il?li
to meet *maq̍ʷo-
four *máy̍as
hair *mi̇́ɬkʷ
large, great *mitsk̍a
thin, fine *moc-
sleep *m̍aɬ-
to smell, nose *m̍as-
to lift, heavy *m̍as-
beyond *m̍aq-
to boil *m̍óʔal (?)
to fetch fire *naʔso
buttocks (female) *-nac
prepare *nikʷa
bird *ni̇́noʔs
bark *niq̍-
skin *-nis
arrow *-nis
tail, back *-nosq̍ʷa
flat *paɬ-
mouth, speak *pil-
to know, understand *piɬ-
light, moon, sun, sky *pit̍-, *p̍it-, *p̍ikʷi-
white *pix-
person, Indian *póʔoqʷo
to blow *poxʷ-
braids *p̍acix̣V
pipe *p̍aq-
to float *p̍ax̣ʷa-
to fill, full *p̍iλ̍a- (p̍it̍ɬa- ʔ)
seeː *pit̍- *p̍it-, *p̍ikʷ-
to fall apart *p̍oλ̍-
in front *qal-
people in a canoe *-qal
paddle *qam̍-
just now, and then *qati-
medicine *qátil
grandchild *qáxʷoli-
rapids *-qc̍
in a manner *-qɬ
day, season *-qtiya
bone *q̍a-
pull in a direction *q̍aɬ-
white *q̍am-
circular *q̍an-
to bite, spit out (?) *q̍aq-
to cut off square *q̍atsi-
to swallow *q̍aw-
to tie a knot *q̍i-
berry, fruit *q̍i̇́c̍a
hand hurts *q̍ist̍ay-
broken down *q̍iy-
made for a purpose *-qʷa
three *qʷál̍V
roast, cook *qʷaɬ-
summer *qʷáy̍ato
how many *qʷóʔoc
where *qʷóʔokʷ
instrument *-qʷoɬ
to hear (?) *-qʷoq̍ʷa-
to tear, split *q̍ʷiq-
to extend *q̍ʷay-
back *-q̍ʷay
seeː *xʷaq̍ʷ- *q̍ʷixʷa-
neck *-q̍ʷos
to pursue *sak-
to fell a tree *sam̍i-
to laugh *saya-
sleep *-si
cedar bark *sik̍ʷó-
face *-sil
water *-sina
mosquito *sinakʷiqʷoɬ
hair *-sini
wing *-skiyit
fire *-so
roof *sów̍at
bladder *sóxʷal-
sour *soyóxʷ-
fire *-spa
remainder *-stik
nominalizer *-t
day *-ta
female *taɬ-
a long time *taɬ
heart, intelligence *taɬ
half *taɬ-
who *taqa, taqi-
to chop *taqʷó
to kill *táti-
contiguous day *táwiɬ-
in front *taw̍
bow *táxʷ-ɬ-
to jump *tik̍-
to kindle a fire *tik̍a-
heavy, full *ti̇́la
instrument *-tin, -tan
to do *-tis
winter *ti̇́tat
to carry *tixʷi-
in the house *tiwa-
man, male *tiy̍aɬ-
dull *tom̍-
to bind up *topa-
possessive for body parts *-tot
fire drill, drill *tots-
canoe *-tq
heart *-tqay̍
to shake *tsosa-
to buy, sell *t̍akʷi-, *takʷo-
middle, half *t̍akʷi-
missing, crave, want *t̍aɬ-
straighten up, out *t̍am-
tail *-t̍an̍aq
to crawl *t̍aqal
to miss one's aim *t̍aq-
hot *t̍ax̣-
hand *-t̍ay
to cut *-t̍ay
to feel, taste, smell, sense *t̍ik-
to jump *t̍ik̍-
rope *t̍ikʷ-
taste, good-tasting *-t̍ina
head *-t̍ikʷ
name *t̍i̇́soqʷoɬ
young *t̍sin-
negation, 'no, not' *wa
to split *wakʷi-
one *waɬ-, *wiɬ-, *wi̇́-
woman *wisac̍opat
in that place *w̍á
to whistle *xʷapáʔa
dry *xʷaq̍ʷ- (?)
relative by marriage after the link is dead *xʷixʷi-
low in pressure, easy *xʷónaʔV
to carve *xʷopa-
to freeze, ice *x̣ákaʔ
to make an incision *x̣al-
to eat, drink *-x̣axʷi
shoulder *-x̣ay̍it
parent-in-law *x̣ʷayislo-
tree, wood *ya-
my niece, nephew *yápilitis
prairie *yáqʷo
snake *yáyw̍a (?)
out on the beach, in front *yáxʷoɬV
attenutive infix, 'a little' *-yi-
dead, ghost *yil-, *-yil
dollar *-yixit
to look for, get, collect *-ʔalixʷi-
chest *-camɬ-
hum, noise *c̍an-
old *-c̍ayi
to fish with a pole *c̍ayoq
onomatopoetic term, 'squeal' *c̍inikʷa
female (having to do with reproduction) *-c̍o
to shake *c̍oxʷ-
weave (?), materials for weaving (?) *hokʷ-
to hammer *k̍ax-
heel *-k̍iɬ-
to be crooked, have a protuberance *k̍opaʔ-
weak from sickness or hunger (?) *kʷica-
stomach *kʷiqin (?)
to arrive by canoe *kʷol-
to fly *kʷyakʷya-
get lost, go wrong *liko-, *lika- (?)
to flow from the source *lól̍o
outside *lot-
to run *l̍ita- (?)
old *ɬim- (?)
alder *λ̍ic-, *λixic (?)
breast (female) *máqas (?)
claw, fingernail *m̍aɬ-
to bob, nod *naq- (?)
frighten *naw-a
enough *pan- (?)
hole *paxʷ (?)
tears, to cry *qaʔt-
snuggled inside *qap-
stream (?) *q̍a-
hair *q̍a-, q̍a (?)
to peep *q̍a-
small *q̍at̍in- (?)
chew *q̍ik̍ʷo-, q̍ikʷi-
grey with age *q̍ʷáyti-
stomach *siq̍ʷo-
to vanquish *tip-
throat, upper chest *tomi-
having to do with the mind and perceiving (?) *t̍akʷi-
to hit a target *t̍akʷi-
to sit on *t̍aq-
mist, fog *xʷaʔ
to hit *xʷac-
cold *xʷiy-, *xʷoy-
movement *-x̣ (?)
to bite *-x̣ic-
go out and return *yakʷi-

References edit

  1. ^ Powell, James V. 1974. Proto-Chimakuan: Materials for a Reconstruction. Ph.D. dissertation. Honolulu: University of Hawaii.
  • Powell, James V. 1975. Proto-Chimakuan: Materials for a Reconstruction. Working Papers in Linguistics, University of Hawaii 7/2. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
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