Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xomi

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

Verb

*xomi[1]

  1. to be spicy

Derived terms

  • *xoCma (possibly a nominalisation of the N-grade)

Descendants

  • Alabama: homi
  • Chickasaw: homi
  • Choctaw: homi
  • Creek: homē
  • Koasati: homilaho̱

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen (2005), “Muskogean Historical Phonology”, in Heather kay Hardy, Janine Scancarelli, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 246–298