Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/sočonka

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

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Verb

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*sočonka[1]

  1. to suck

Descendants

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  • Alabama: sonka
  • Chickasaw: sho̱ka (to kiss)
  • Choctaw: sho̱ka (to smoke)
  • Creek: coketv
  • Koasati: sookalaho̱
  • Mikasuki: soːnka-

References

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  1. ^ Booker, Karen (2005) “Muskogean Historical Phonology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 246–298