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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
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