chokfi
Alabama
Chickasaw
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). The sense of “sheep” only came later after they were introduced by the Europeans colonizers. Cognate with Choctaw chukfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃok.fi/
Usage notes
- If one wants to distinguish between the sense of “rabbit” and “sheep”, one can use chokfalhpoobaꞌ (“sheep”) (which uses the specifier alhpoobaꞌ (“domesticated”)).
Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in ch-, k-, t- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | anchokfi an-chokfi | ponchokfi pon-chokfi | haponchokfi hapon-chokfi |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chinchokfi chin-chokfi | hachinchokfi hachin-chokfi | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | inchokfi in-chokfi | ||
Derived terms
- Chokfaat Achiili
- chokfalhpoobaꞌ
- Chokfi
- chokfi haksobish falaaꞌ
- chokfi hishiꞌ
- chokfi ishtoꞌ
- chokfi laknaꞌ
- chokfi lomaꞌ
- chokfi losaꞌ
- chokfi palhkiꞌ
- chokfi wokshoꞌ
- chokfiyyiꞌ
- chokfokchamaliꞌ
- chokfoshiꞌ
- chokfoshtaka̱ꞌliꞌ
- oktaak chokfiꞌ
Descendants
- Mobilian: chokfi
Choctaw
Alternative forms
- chukfi (traditional)
- čokfi (Mississippi)
- chokfih
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe
Declension
| possessive (alienable) | singular | paucal | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| first-person ("my, our") | a̱chokfi | pi̱chokfi | hapi̱chokfi |
| second-person ("thy, your") | chi̱chokfi | hachi̱chokfi | |
| third-person ("his, her, its, their") |
i̱chokfi | ||
| absolute | nominative | accusative | oblique | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| neutral | chokfi(h) | chokfihat | chokfiha̱ | chokfihak |
| contrastive | chokfihakō | chokfihakōsh | chokfihako̱ | chokfihakakō |
| chokfihato | chokfihano | |||
| focus | chokfihō | chokfihakō | ||
| chokfihōsh | chokfiho̱ |
| -ma "that, there" |
-pa "this, here" |
-kia "also, too" |
-ba "only" |
-ōk "but" |
-akhī pejorative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chokfima | chokfipa | chokfi(hak)kia | chokfiba | chokfihōk | chokfihakhī |
Descendants
- Mobilian: chokfi
Koasati
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