Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/ilapi

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 *i- (inalienable possessive prefix) +‎ *lapi.

Noun edit

*ilapi[1]

  1. horn

Descendants edit

  • Alabama: illapihchi
  • Choctaw: lapish
  • Creek: yvpe

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.