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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.
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Proto-Algonquian
Etymology
From Proto-Algic *le·kʔawe (“sand”).
Noun
*le·kawi
- 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)