Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ki·šekatwi

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

Related to Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”).

Noun

*ki·šekatwi

  1. day

Descendants

  • Western Algonquian
    • Blackfoot: ksiistsikó (“day, sky”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: kîsikâw / ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (“day”)
    • Menominee: kesekat (“day”)
    • Miami: kiišikatwi (“it is such a day”)
    • Montagnais (Innu Aimun): tshishikᵘ (“day”), kashikat (“when it is day, today”)
    • Naskapi: ᒋᓯᒄ (chisikw)/chiisikw (“day”)
    • Ojibwe: giizhig (“day”), giizhigad (“it is day”)
    • Odawa giizhgat (“day”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mohegan-Pequot: kisukat (“day, it is day”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: kiskot (“it is a day”)
    • Penobscot: kìsəkat (“it is day”)
    • Unami: kishux (“sun, moon, month”)
    • Western Abenaki kizokw (“day”)

References

  • LeClaire, N., Cardinal, G., & Waugh, E. H., Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary, (Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press, 1998)
  • The Lenape Talking Dictionary
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