Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xolxʷanti

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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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Verb

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*xolxʷanti[1]

  1. to grow, to sprout

Descendants

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  • Alabama: olfa (to sprout), hofanti (to be born)
  • Chickasaw: ofanti
  • Choctaw: hofanti (to grow up)
  • Creek: hontetv
  • Koasati: olfan (to sprout), hofantin (to be born)

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