hobak
Chickasaw edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from hoba + -k (nominal formative). Compare Choctaw hobak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hobak (alienable)
Inflection edit
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y- |
Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | a̠hobak a̠-hobak |
po̠hobak po̠-hobak |
hapo̠hobak hapo̠-hobak |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chi̠hobak chi̠-hobak |
hachi̠hobak hachi̠-hobak | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | i̠hobak i̠-hobak | ||
Derived terms edit
Choctaw edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hobak
- eunuch, castrated person or animal
- coward; an insult
References edit
- Cyrus Byington, John Reed Swanton, Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)