Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/wakaxa

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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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*wakaxa[1]

  1. to rise up, to fly

Descendants

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  • Alabama: wakayka (singular subject)
  • Chickasaw: wakaha, wakaa (singular subject)
  • Choctaw: wakaya (“to rise up (from a seat)”)
  • Koasati: waikalaho̱ (singular subject)
  • Mikasuki: yakahaa-l-om (“he flies”)

References

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  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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