Choctaw edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From hochīfo (to name, to call), from Proto-Muskogean *xočixʷa. Cognate with Chickasaw holhchifo (name).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hohchifo (inalienable–class II agreement)

  1. name
    Chihohchifoyat nata?
    Chi hohchifo yʋt nanta? (traditional spelling)
    What is your name?

Declension edit

possessive (inalienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") sahohchifo pihohchifo hapihohchifo
second-person ("thy, your") chihohchifo hachihohchifo
third-person ("his, her, its, their") hohchifo

Verb edit

hohchifo

  1. past participle of hochīfo