Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/-li

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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

Suffix

*-li

  1. an active verb suffix
    *łompotV + ‎*-li → ‎*łompotVli (to pass/go through)
    Category Proto-Muskogean terms suffixed with *-li (active) not found

Alternative reconstructions

  • *li (as an auxiliary verb)

Descendants

  • Alabama: -li
  • Choctaw: -li
  • Chickasaw: -li
  • Creek: -y
  • Hitchiti: -li
  • Koasati: -li
  • Mikasuki: -li

See also

  • *-ka (mediopassive verb suffix)
  • *-či (causative verb suffix)

Suffix

*-li

  1. Booker's and Haas' reconstruction of *-ali

References

  1. ^ Martin, Jack B., Munro, Pamela (2005) “Proto-Muskogean Morphology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 299-320
  2. ^ Haas, Mary R. (1946) “A Proto-Muskogean Paradigm”, in Language, volume 22, number 4, →DOI, pages 326-332
  3. ^ Haas, Mary R. (1977) “From Auxiliary Verb Phrase to Inflectional Suffix”, in Li, Charles N., editors, Mechanism of Syntactic Change, Austin: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, pages 525-537
  4. ^ Booker, Karen (1980) Comparative Muskogean: aspects of Proto-Muskogean verb morphology (Thesis), University of Kansas