Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/impa

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

*impa[1]

  1. to eat

Descendants

  • Alabama: ipa
  • Chickasaw: impa
  • Choctaw: impa
  • Creek: hompetv
  • Koasati: ipan
  • Mikasuki: imp-om (“he eats”)

References

  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
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