Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xočixʷa

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

*xočixʷa[1]

  1. to name

Descendants

  • Alabama: hochifa
  • Chickasaw: hochifo
  • Choctaw: hochifo
    • ⇒ Choctaw: hohchifo (“name”, noun)
  • Creek: hochifetv
  • Hitchiti: hočifa
  • Koasati: hochifo
  • Mikasuki: hočifa

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.
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