Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ki·ra

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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algic *ki·la (you (singular)).

Pronoun

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*ki·ra

  1. you (singular); second-person singular pronoun
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Descendants

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  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: kiistó
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
    • Eastern Great Lakes:
      • Ojibwe-Potawatomi:
        • Ojibwe: giin (you (singular))
        • Algonquin: ki, kit
        • Potawatomi: gin (you)
      • Fox (Sauk): kîna (you (singular))
      • Miami: kiila (you (singular))
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mi'kmaq: gi'l (you (singular))
    • Abenaki: kia (you (singular))
    • Penobscot: ki·'a (you (singular))
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ki (you (singular))
    • Powhatan: keer/quire (you)
    • Quiripi: kee (you) (Unquachog)
    • Mahican: kuyah (you (singular))
    • Unami: ki (you (singular))
    • Munsee: kii (you (singular))

References

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  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004)
  • Essays in Algonquian, Catawban, And Siouan Linguistics in Memory of Frank T. Siebert, Jr. (2003, →ISBN, page 101