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Northern Sierra Miwok
Etymology
Proto-Utian *ki·k/*kik·i (“water”).[1]
Noun
kik·y-
- water
References
- Catherine A. Callaghan, Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary
- ^ Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America (2000, →ISBN, page 422, citing Callaghan (1991).
Southern Sierra Miwok
Etymology
Proto-Utian *ki·k/*kik·i (“water”).[1]
Noun
kik·y-
- water
References
- Sylvia M. Broadbent, A Grammar of Southern Sierra Miwok (1960), page 152: kik:y-
- Sylvia M. Broadbent, The Southern Sierra Miwok language (1964), page 353: kik·y-
- ^ Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America (2000, →ISBN, page 422, citing Callaghan (1991).