Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xalkʷiCi

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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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Noun

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*xalkʷiCₐₐi[1]

  1. skin

Descendants

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  • Alabama: ichokhalbi (mouth)
  • Chickasaw: ittihalbiꞌ (lip(s), literally mouth skin)
  • Choctaw: ittialbi (lip(s), literally mouth skin)
  • Hitchiti: halbi (skin/bark)
  • Mikasuki: halbi (skin/bark)

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