Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xoCma
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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]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from the N-grade of *xomi (“(to be) spicy”) + *-a (nominalizing suffix), compare Choctaw tishi homi.
Noun
[edit]xoC1ma[1]
Descendants
[edit]- Alabama: hooma
- Chickasaw: hommaꞌ, homma (“to be red”)
- Mobilian: homa
- ⇒ Creek: homvcate (“red pepper”), homvlane (“bell pepper”), homvlvste (“black pepper”)
- ⇒ Hitchiti: ho∙moci
- Koasati: hooma
References
[edit]- ^ 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