Reconstruction:Taíno/kasike

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This Taíno 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.

Taíno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *ka- +‎ *-si- (“head”) (compare Lokono isi, isihi (“head; tip; leader”), Wayuu ekii (“head”), Garifuna ichügü (“head”)) +‎ *-ke, from Proto-Arawak.[1]

Noun[edit]

*kasike

  1. chieftain

Descendants[edit]

  • → Old Spanish: cacique, cacica
    • Spanish: cacique (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 124
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