Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/okaCi maxali
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Proto-Muskogean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of *okaCi (“water”) + *maxali (“to flow”)
Noun
[edit]*okaCₐi maxali[1]
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Alabama: maatokaamahli
- Chickasaw: okaamahli
- Choctaw: oka mahli
- Mobilian: oka mahli
- ⇒ Creek: wvhvlv
- ⇒ Hitchiti: wahali
- Koasati: okaamahali
References
[edit]- ^ 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.