Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/łompotVli

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

Etymology

From *łompotV +‎ *-li (active voice verbal suffix)

Verb

*łompotVli[1]

  1. to pass through

Descendants

  • Alabama: ɬopotli
  • Chickasaw: lhopolli (singular subject), lhopo'li (plural subject)
  • Choctaw: hlumbli (to pierce), hlopolli
  • Creek: ropoottetv
  • Koasati: ittathopotli (singular subject), ittathopohli (plural subject)

References

  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.