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

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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