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Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/waylki

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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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Adjective

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*waylki[1]

  1. heavy

Descendants

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  • Alabama: kowwàyki (“quail”, literally “heavy quail”)
  • Chickasaw: wiili
  • Choctaw: wiili
  • Creek: kowike (“guinea”, literally “heavy quail”)

References

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  1. ^ Booker, Karen (2005) “Muskogean Historical Phonology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 246–298
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