Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/yolaCa

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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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*yolaCbba[1]

  1. grubworm

Descendants

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  • ⇒ Alabama: *yalbaknV
    • Alabama: yalba (“mosquito larvae"; "tadpole”)
  • Chickasaw: yala (“locust larva", "worm”)
  • Choctaw: yala
  • Creek: yala
  • ⇒ Mikasuki: yolbakni, yalbaknii (“worm”)

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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