Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ke-

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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.

Proto-Algonquian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algic *keʔ-, whence also Yurok k'e- (your) and Wiyot khu-, ku- (your), k- (your).

Prefix

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*ke-

  1. your (singular)
    *ki·piči (your tooth)

Descendants

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  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: ko-, ki-, k-
    • Arapaho: he-
    • Cheyenne: né- (your)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: ki-, ᑭ- (ki-)
    • Menominee: kɛ-
    • Ojibwe: gi-
    • Fox: k-, kî-
    • Miami: ki- (your)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: k-
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: k-
    • Massachusett: ke-, ku-, k-
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ku-
    • Mahican: k- (your)
    • Unami: k-, ki-

Compare Quiripi kee (you) (Unquachog).

See also

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References

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  • Goddard 1975
  • Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN