Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/olakkʷi

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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[edit]

Noun[edit]

*olakkʷi^[1]

hole, hollow

Descendants[edit]

Early Central Proto-Muskogean: *olokkʷi
- Central Muskogean: *okbi
  - Alabama: oobi
  - Hitchiti: okbi
  - Koasati: oobi
Alabama: kolokbi (relict form)
Chickasaw: cholok
- Mobilian: cholok
Choctaw: chilok (“hole”), chokbi (“inside corner”), kolokbi, kalakbi (“hollow”)
Creek: rolvkke

References[edit]

^ 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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