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

you (plural); second-person plural pronoun

Related terms

*ki·ra (“you (singular)”)

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)