Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/-ka

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/ka
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

Suffix

*-ka[1]

  2. a mediopassive verb suffix
    ‎*in- + ‎*pi¢a (“to see”) + ‎*-ka → ‎*inpi¢ka (“to appear to”)
    Category Proto-Muskogean terms suffixed with *-ka (mediopassive) not found

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ka (as an auxiliary verb)

Derived terms

  • *-ka-či (suffixed with the plural suffix *-či)
    • Choctaw: -kachi (plural suppletive)
    • Chickasaw: -kachi (plural suppletive)

Descendants

See also

  • *-li (active verb suffix)
  • *-či (causative verb suffix)

Suffix

*-ka[2]

  2. a suffix used to form definite nouns

Descendants

  • >? Choctaw: a (definite article)
  • Hitchiti: -ka
  • Koasati: -k

References

  1. ^ Martin, Jack B., Munro, Pamela (2005) “Proto-Muskogean Morphology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 299-320
  2. ^ Booker, Karen (1980) Comparative Muskogean: aspects of Proto-Muskogean verb morphology (Thesis), University of Kansas
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