Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ka·kwa
Proto-Algonquian
editEtymology
editThe term seems to be *k + *-a·kw- (+ the animate ending *-a).
Noun
edit*ka·kwa
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- possibly Arapaho hoo (“porcupine”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian:
See also
edit- *wa·kwehsa (“fox”)
- *šeka·kwa (“skunk”)
References
edit- Bulletin: Anthropological series, issue 78 (1967), page 21: "PA *ka·kwa 'porcupine' (Erethizon dorsatum), (PA *-a·kw- 'bushy-tailed animal')."
- Berman, Howard (1992) “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, number 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR