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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ki·šekatwi
Proto-Algonquian
Etymology
Related to Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”).
Noun
*ki·šekatwi
- day
Descendants
- Western Algonquian
- Blackfoot: ksiistsikó (“day, sky”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: kîsikâw (“day”)
- Menominee: kesekat (“day”)
- Montagnais (Innu Aimun): tshishikᵘ (“day”), kashikat (“when it is day, today”)
- Naskapi: ᒋᓯᒄ (chisikw)/chiisikw (chhiisikw, “day”)
- Ojibwe: giizhig (“day”), giizhigad (“it is day”)
- Odawa giizhgat (“day”)
- Plains Cree kîsikâw/ᑮᓯᑳᐤ
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Mohegan-Pequot: kisukat (“day, it is day”)
- Unami: kishux (“day”)
- Western Abenaki kizokw (“day”)
References
- LeClaire, N., Cardinal, G., & Waugh, E. H., Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary, (Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press, 1998)
- The Lenape Talking Dictionary