Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/čiłaxʷa

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/čilaxʷa

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

*čiłaxʷa^[1]

to peel off

Descendants

⇒ Alabama: chiɬɬichi (“to flake with a tool”)
Choctaw: chilhafa
Koasati: chithahlilaho̱, chithatlilaho̱
⇒ Mikasuki: chiła̱a̱hlik (“peeling”)

References

^ 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.

[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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