Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ka·ka·kiwa

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algonquian

Etymology

Compare Yurok kwegokw (“common raven”), Wiyot ga'tsi·r (“crow”). Potentially related to Navajo gáagii (“crow”), Cherokee ᎪᎬ (gogv, “crow”)

Noun

*ka·ka·kiwa

1. raven, crow

Synonyms

• *a·nte·kwa (“raven, crow”)

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Arapaho: hóuu (“crow”)
  • Cheyenne: ókohke (“crow”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
    • Cree: kâhkâkiw/ᑳᐦᑳᑭᐤ (kaahkaakiw, “raven, crow”), kahkakiw/ᑲᐦᑲᑭᐤ (kahkakiw, “raven, crow”)
    • Moose Cree: ᑳᐦᑳᑭᐤ (“crow”) kâhkâkiw
    • Naskapi: ᑲᐧᑲᒍᐤ (kaykachuw, “raven”)
    • Atikamekw: kakakew (“raven”)
    • Montagnais: kakatshu (“common raven”)
    • Northern East Cree: ᑳᐦᑳᒋᐤ (kaahkaaciw, “raven”)
    • Southern East Cree: ᑳᐦᑳᒎ (kaahkaacoo, “raven”)
  • Eastern Great Lakes:
    • Menominee: ka·ka·kew (“raven, crow”)
    • Ojibwe: gaagaagiw (“raven”)
    • Potawatomi: kagakshi (“crow”)
    • Fox: kâkâkiwa (“crow”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: kahkakuhs (“crow”)
  • Penobscot: kάkαko (“crow”)
  • possibly Massachusett: kongkont (“crow”)
  • possibly Mi’kmaq: ga’qaquj (“crow”)
  • possibly Mohegan-Pequot: kôkôc (“crow, raven”)

References

• Philip Baldi, Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology →ISBN, 1990)

• The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian, David J. Costa

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