Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/-ka

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/ka

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

Suffix

*-ka^[1]

a mediopassive verb suffix
‎*in- + ‎*pi¢a (“to see”) + ‎*-ka → ‎*inpi¢ka (“to appear to”)
Category Proto-Muskogean terms suffixed with *-ka (mediopassive) not found

Alternative reconstructions

*ka (as an auxiliary verb)

Derived terms

*-ka-či (suffixed with the plural suffix *-či)
- Choctaw: -kachi (plural suppletive)
- Chickasaw: -kachi (plural suppletive)

Descendants

Alabama: -ka
Choctaw: -a, -ka
Chickasaw: -a, -ka
Creek: -k
Hitchiti: -ka
Koasati: -ka
Mikasuki: -ka

Suffix

*-ka^[2]

a suffix used to form definite nouns

Descendants

>? Choctaw: a (definite article)
Hitchiti: -ka
Koasati: -k

References

^ Martin, Jack B., Munro, Pamela (2005) “Proto-Muskogean Morphology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 299-320
^ Booker, Karen (1980) Comparative Muskogean: aspects of Proto-Muskogean verb morphology (Thesis), University of Kansas

[1] Martin, Jack B., Munro, Pamela (2005) “Proto-Muskogean Morphology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 299-320

[2] Booker, Karen (1980) Comparative Muskogean: aspects of Proto-Muskogean verb morphology (Thesis), University of Kansas

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