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Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/niθaki

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 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

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Noun

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*niθaki[1]

  1. night

Descendants

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  • Alabama: niɬak (in complex expressions)
  • Apalachee: nethlee
  • Chickasaw: ninak (in complex expressions)
  • Choctaw: ninak
  • Creek: nerē
  • Hitchiti: niiłaki
  • Koasati: nitha (archaic), nithak (in complex esxpressions)
  • Mikasuki: niiłaki

References

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  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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