Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/silopi

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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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*silopi[1]

  1. ghost

Descendants

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  • Alabama: solopi
  • Alabama: sollòkchi
  • Chickasaw: sholop
    • Mobilian: sholop (devil)
  • Choctaw: shilop
  • Hitchiti: soloopi
  • Koasati: solopi
  • Mikasuki: soloopi

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.