Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/atehkwa

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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/atehkwa

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*atehkwa

1. caribou, reindeer, deer

Descendants

• Central Algonquian
  • Atikamekw:atikw (“deer”)
  • Montagnais (Innu Aimun): atikᵘ (“caribou”)
  • Moose Cree: atihkw (“caribou”)
  • Naskapi: atiihkw (atiihkw)/ᐊᑎᐧᒄ (atiykw, “caribou”)
  • Odawa: dik (“caribou”)
  • Plains Cree: atihk/ᐊᑎᕽ (“caribou”)
  • Swampy Cree: atihk/ᐊᑎᐦᐠ (“caribou”)
  • Southwestern Ojibwe: adik (“caribou”)
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Massachusset: ottucke (“deer”)
  • Unami Delaware: ahtuhw (“deer”)
  • Munsee Delaware: atóh (“deer”)

References

• John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm, A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1995
• Freelang Electronic Ojibwe Dictionary
• Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe online dictionary
• The Lenape Talking Dictionary
• The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary
• Algonquian Linguistic Atlas: Proto-Algonquian Dictionary
• Plains Cree Dictionary
• Naskapi Dictionary