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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ki·rwa·wa

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

From Proto-Algic *ki·lew- (“you (plural)”), via an intermediate form *ki·lewa·wa.

Pronoun

*ki·rwa·wa

  1. you (plural); second-person plural pronoun

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: kiistówaawa
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: kiyawâw/ᑭᔭᐚᐤ (kiyawaaw, “you (plural)”)
      • Montagnais: tshinuau
      • Atikamekw: kirawaw
      • Naskapi: ᒋᔨᐛᐤ (chiyiwaaw)
      • Northern East Cree: ᒌᔨᐧᐋᐤ (ciiyiyaaw)
      • Southern East Cree: ᒌᐧᐋᐤ (ciiyaaw)
      • Plains Cree: kîyawâw, ᑮᔭᐚᐤ (“you (plural)”)
    • Ojibwe: giinawaa (“you (plural)”)
    • Potawatomi: ginwa
    • Miami: kiilwa (“you (plural)”)
    • Fox: kînwâwa (“you (plural)”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mi'kmaq: gilew (“you (plural)”)
    • Abenaki: kilowô / kilowôwô (“you (plural, indefinite number)”); kiuwô (“you (plural)”)
    • Penobscot: ki·'ləwa (“you (plural)”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: kiyaw (“you (plural)”)
    • Mahican: kuyāāwah (“you (plural)”)
    • Unami: kiluwa (“you (plural)”)
    • Munsee: kiilóowa (“you (plural”)

References
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004)
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