Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ki·šekatwi

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.

Related to Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”).

*ki·šekatwi

1. day

• Western Algonquian
  • Blackfoot: ksiistsikó (“day, sky”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: kîsikâw / ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (“day”)
    • Plains Cree: kîsikâw, ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (“day”); kîsik, ᑮᓯᐠ (“sky”)
  • Menominee: kesekat (“day”)
  • Miami: kiišikatwi (“it is such a day”)
  • Montagnais (Innu Aimun): tshishikᵘ (“day”), kashikat (“when it is day, today”)
  • Naskapi: ᒋᓯᒄ (chisikw)/chiisikw (“day”)
  • Ojibwe: giizhig (“day”), giizhigad (“it is day”)
  • Odawa giizhgat (“day”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mohegan-Pequot: kisukat (“day, it is day”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: kiskot (“it is a day”)
  • Penobscot: kìsəkat (“it is day”)
  • Unami: kishux (“sun, moon, month”)
  • Western Abenaki kizokw (“day”)

• LeClaire, N., Cardinal, G., & Waugh, E. H., Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary, (Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press, 1998)
• The Lenape Talking Dictionary