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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/sa·kima·wa

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

*sa·kima·wa

  1. male chief

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: okimahkân / ᐅᑭᒪᐦᑳᐣ (okimahkaan)
    • Ojibwe: ogimaa
    • Fox: okimâwa
    • Miami: akimaawa, akima
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mi'kmaq: saqamaw
      • → English: sagamore (borrowed from an Algonquian language, possibly Mi'kmaq)
    • Abenaki: sôgmô, sôgemô
    • Penobscot: sagəma
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sakom
    • Narragansett: sachem
    • Mohegan-Pequot: sôcum
    • Unami: sakima

References
  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Goddard (1965)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
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