Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/le·kawi

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

From Proto-Algic *le·kʔawe (“sand”).

Noun

*le·kawi

1. sand

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Cheyenne: the first element of heséóvó'e (“sand”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: yikâw/ᔨᑳᐤ (yikaaw, “sand”)
    • Plains Cree: yêkaw, ᔦᑲᐤ (“sand”)
    • Naskapi: ᐃᔭᑲᐤ (iyakaw, “sand”)
    • Moose Cree: lêkaw, ᓓᑲᐤ (“sand”)
    • Atikamekw: rekaw (“sand”)
    • Montagnais: nekau (“sand”)
  • Menominee: nɛ·ka·w (“sand”)
  • Fox: nêkawi (“sand”)
  • Miami: neekawi (“sand”)
  • Ojibwe: negaawi- (“sandy”) found only in the name of the Oji-Cree community of Sandy Lake Ontario.
  • Ottawa: negaw (“sand”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • possibly Mohegan-Pequot yák (“sand”)
  • possibly Mahican nagau, naugow, naukauw- (“sand”)
  • Abenaki: nagako (“sand”)
  • Unami: lèkaw (“sand”)
  • Munsee: léekuw (“sand”)

References

• Goddard (1982)
• Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)
• Rhodes, Richard A. Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary (1985)