Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/čilaxʷa

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/čiłaxʷa

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

*čilaxʷa^[1]

to fall off

Descendants

Alabama: chiloffi (“to drop as leaves or acorns”)
Choctaw: chilofa (“to fall out, to fall off”)
Mikasuki: cilaflik (“to fell a tree”)

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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