Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/-li

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/li

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

*-li^[1]

an active verb suffix
‎*łompotV + ‎*-li → ‎*łompotVli (“to pass/go through”)
Category Proto-Muskogean terms suffixed with *-li (active) not found

Alternative reconstructions

*li (as an auxiliary verb)

Descendants

Alabama: -li
Choctaw: -li
Chickasaw: -li
Creek: -y
Hitchiti: -li
Koasati: -li
Mikasuki: -li

Suffix

*-li^[2]^[3]^[4]

Booker's and Haas' reconstruction of *-ali

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
^ Haas, Mary R. (1946) “A Proto-Muskogean Paradigm”, in Language, volume 22, number 4, →DOI, pages 326-332
^ Haas, Mary R. (1977) “From Auxiliary Verb Phrase to Inflectional Suffix”, in Li, Charles N., editors, Mechanism of Syntactic Change, Austin: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, pages 525-537
^ 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] Haas, Mary R. (1946) “A Proto-Muskogean Paradigm”, in Language, volume 22, number 4, →DOI, pages 326-332

[3] Haas, Mary R. (1977) “From Auxiliary Verb Phrase to Inflectional Suffix”, in Li, Charles N., editors, Mechanism of Syntactic Change, Austin: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, pages 525-537

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

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