chokma

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Choctaw chokma, Alabama chookma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃok.ma/

Verb

chokma

  1. (active voice, intransitive) to act good
  2. (stative, intransitive) to be good
  3. (stative, transitive, with a role or profession as nominal object) to be a good
    Osaapaꞌ toksaliꞌ chichokma.
    You are a good farmer.

Inflection
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) chokmali
chokma-li		iichokma / iliichokma / liichokma
ii-chokma / ilii-chokma / lii-chokma		iloochokma
iloo-chokma
2nd-person (you, you all) ishchokma
ish-chokma		hashchokma
hash-chokma
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) chokma(hoo)chokma
(hoo-)chokma
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) sachokma
sa-chokma		pochokma
po-chokma		hapochokma
hapo-chokma
2nd-person (you, you all) chichokma
chi-chokma		hachichokma
hachi-chokma
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) chokma(hoo)chokma
(hoo-)chokma

Derived terms
  • chinchokma
  • chokma imalhta
  • chokma imilahobbi
  • chokma immoꞌma
  • chokmahookay
  • *chokmaka
  • chokmat asilhha
  • chokmat atta
  • chokmata
  • chokmaꞌshki
  • chokmaꞌsi
  • chóngma
  • chóyyokma
  • holbaꞌat chokmaho̱ toba
  • imaanokfila-at yohbi chokma
  • inchokma
  • inchokmishto
  • naktoomi chokma
  • nannanokfillikat chokma bíyyiꞌka
  • pisa-chokma

Adverb

chokma (auxiliary)

  1. (following another verb) really, good and, well
    Sachaaha chokma. ― I'm really tall.

Interjection

Chokma!

  1. Hello!
  2. Good!
  3. Excellent!
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