Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/waylki
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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
editAdjective
edit*waylki[1]
Descendants
edit- Alabama: kowwàyki (“quail”, literally “heavy quail”)
- Chickasaw: wiili
- Choctaw: wiili
- Creek: kowike (“guinea”, literally “heavy quail”)
References
edit- ^ 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