Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mwa·kwa

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

Noun

*mwa·kwa

1. common loon

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: mâkwa/ᒫᑲᐧ (maakay, “loon”), mwâkwa/ᒫᐧᑲᐧ (maaykay, “loon”)
  • Naskapi: ᒺᒄ (mwaakw, “loon”)
  • Northern East Cree: ᐧᒫᒄ (ymaakw, “loon”)
  • Southern East Cree: ᐧᒫᒄ (ymaakw, “loon”)
  • Atikamekw: mwakw (“loon”)
  • Montagnais: muakᵘ (“loon”)
  • Menominee: muak (“loon”)
  • Fox: maankwa (“loon”)
  • Miami: maankwa (“loon”)
  • Ojibwe: maang (“loon, common loon”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mi'kmaq: gwimu (“loon”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: oqim (“loon”)

References

• Kenneth L. Miner, Theoretical Implications of the Great Menominee Vowel Shift, in Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 4 (1979)
• David Costa, The Historical Phonology of Miami-Illinois Consonants, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 57
• Berman, Howard (1992) “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, number 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR