Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/lok¢iCa
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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
editAlternative forms
editNoun
edit*lok¢iCₐa[1]
Reconstruction notes
edit- There exists no (other) reconstruction with root-initial *ilo, which leads Booker to suggest that this term could be reconstructed as *ilok¢iCa. This could explain Hitchiti and Mikasuki word-initial *y, through weakening of *ilo to *iyo.
Descendants
edit- Chickasaw: loksiꞌ, luksi
- Mobilian: loksi
- Choctaw: luksi, loksi (modern)
- Creek: locv
- Hitchiti: yokči
- Mikasuki: yokči
References
edit- ^ 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.