Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/sokpaxʷa

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

Verb

*sokpaxʷa

1. to inflate

Descendants

• ⇒ Alabama: insokpa (“lungs”)
• Choctaw: shilokpa
• Creek: opvfkv (“lungs”)
• Koasati: sokpa (“lungs”), sokpalaho̱ (“to rise (of bread)”)
• Mikasuki: sokpi (“lungs”)