Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xoCma

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Proto-Muskogean

Etymology

Possibly from the N-grade of *xomi (“(to be) spicy”) +‎ *-a (nominalizing suffix), compare Choctaw tishi homi.

Noun

*xoC1ma[1]

  1. pepper

Descendants

  • Alabama: hooma
  • Chickasaw: hommaꞌ, homma (“to be red”)
  • ⇒ Creek: homvcate (“red pepper”), homvlane (“bell pepper”), homvlvste (“black pepper”)
  • ⇒ Hitchiti: ho∙moci
  • Koasati: hooma

References

  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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