inchokma

Chickasaw

Etymology

From im- (dative applicative verb prefix) +‎ chokma (“to be good”).

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

Verb

inchokma

  1. (stative, intransitive, class III subject, same-subject verbal complement that is optionally suffixed with -kat) to like to
    Inchokmánkakat haponchokma.
    We like to feel well.
  2. (stative, intransitive, class III subject) to be healthy, to be well

Inflection
Class III Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs in ch-, k-, t- SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) anchokma
an-chokma		ponchokma
pon-chokma		haponchokma
hapon-chokma
2nd-person (you, you all) chinchokma
chin-chokma		hachinchokma
hachin-chokma
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) inchokma
in-chokma

Derived terms
  • chinchokma
  • chinchokmata
  • ikinchokmo
  • inchokmaꞌsi
  • inchóngma
  • ishtinchokma
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