Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/axokʷa

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Proto-Muskogean

Etymology

From *a- (locative verbal prefix) +‎ *xokʷa

Verb

*axokʷa[1]

  1. to copy, to imitate

Descendants

  • ⇒ Alabama: holba (“image”), holbachi (“to imitate”)
  • Chickasaw: ahooba
  • ⇒ Choctaw: hobachi
  • ⇒ Creek: vhopakv
  • Koasati: ahooba
  • Mikasuki: aaba

References

  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.
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