*k-w- “magic”
PMA kavi “wise man, poet, writer” Sankrit, also kauga, kavya “poetry” EIEC *keudes- “magic force” chudo “miracle, wonder” Old Church Slavonian kûdos “renown” (IELS: “luck, divine favor”) Greek *keuH1- “perceive” cave- “take heed” Latin *ke:weH2-ye/o- > ha:wian “look at” Old English chujo “note” Old Church Slavonian koéo: “note” Greek *kous-ye/o heyra “hear” Old Norse hie:ran “hear” Old English hear English ho:r(r)en “hear” Old High German hausjan “hear” Gothic *keus-eH2- chúkhati “perceive” Russian (dial.) *sm-kous-ye/o akoúo: “hear” Greek *keus- custo:s “watchman” Latin with s-preformative (causative, as in AfroAsiatic, according to Herman Møller) : *skeuH1- sce:awian “show” (i.e. “make perceive” cf. “faire voir” French, “laten zien” Dutch) Old English show English sci:ene “beautiful” Old English sheen English scouwon “show” Old High German sco:ni “beautiful” Old High German skauns “beautiful” Gothic *skouske/o c'uc'anem “show” Armenian shko:h “splendor, majesty” Middle Persian *kouH1éis kóes, koíes “priest of the Samothracian mysteries” Greek (Hesychius) kavesh “priest” Lydian kava: “daevish prince” Avestan kavay- “leader” Avestan kavi- “skillful, wise, seer, sage, poet” Sanskrit a:kuvate “intends to” Sanskrit a:kútam “intention” Sanskrit IELL kave “a priest” Carian kave “a priest” Lydian PMA ma-kata- “poet” Philippines kawikaan “maxim, proverb, sayings” Tagalog ka:wit- “song” Tagalog, Bisaya kawit- “song” Samar-Leyte, Bikol kuwa “to say, speak, tell, declare” Proto-Philippine kawa-yan “to call” Tagalog kwala “to speak” Proto-Malaitan kuwa “to talk loudly, resound, a prayer” Hawai'i kiwa-wa, kawawa- “unintelligible sound of voices” Hawai'i kawele “a special chant with clear, distinct pronunciation” Hawai'i kone- “speech” W. Dani kano, kuno, kono- “to speak, say” Ilocano -kae- “to say” Pt. Sandwich -kari- “to say” Axamb ga- “to speak” Kairi gia- “to talk” Pondoma Back