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

Alternative forms

  • (alternative reconstructions) *ka·hka·kiwa, *ka·ka·k-

Etymology

Compare Yurok kwegokw (“common raven”), Wiyot ga'tsi·r (“crow”). Potentially related to Navajo gáagii (“crow”), Cherokee ᎪᎬ (gogv, “crow”), if some or all of these are not simply imitative (compare Proto-Algonquian *ti·nti·wa).

Noun

*ka·ka·kiwa

  1. raven, crow

Synonyms

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”)
    • >? Massachusett: kongkont (“crow”)
    • >? Mi'kmaq: ga’qaquj (“crow”)
    • >? Mohegan-Pequot: kôkôc (“crow, raven”)
    • >? Unami: ahas (“crow”)

References

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