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Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/axokʷa

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 This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean edit

Etymology edit

From *a- (locative verbal prefix) +‎ *xokʷa

Verb edit

*axokʷa[1]

  1. to copy, to imitate

Descendants edit

  • ⇒ Alabama: holba (“image”), holbachi (“to imitate”)
  • Chickasaw: ahooba
  • ⇒ Choctaw: hobachi
  • ⇒ Creek: vhopakv
  • Koasati: ahooba
  • Mikasuki: aaba

References edit

  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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