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Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/tapakonla

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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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*tapakonla[1]

  1. peach

Reconstruction notes

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  • This term could not have referred to peach, as this was a European introduction, but instead would have referred to a similar wild fruit. Though what fruit that may have been is unknown as all descendants refer to peach and the original meaning is therefore not reconstructible.

Descendants

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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.