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Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xalkʷiCi

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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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*xalkʷiCₐₐi[1]

  1. skin

Descendants

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  • ⇒ Alabama: ichokhalbi (“mouth”)
  • ⇒ Chickasaw: ittihalbiꞌ (“lip(s)”, literally “mouth skin”)
  • ⇒ Choctaw: ittialbi (“lip(s)”, literally “mouth skin”)
  • Hitchiti: halbi (“skin/bark”)
  • Mikasuki: halbi (“skin/bark”)

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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