honkso

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw ho̱kso, Alabama hokcho (“to pass gas”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hónk.so/

Verb

honkso

1. (active voice, intransitive) to fart

   honkso chibannataa?

   do you want to fart?

   ki'yo, oblaashaash honksolitok

   no, I farted yesterday

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	honksoli honkso-li	iihonkso / iliihonkso / liihonkso ii-honkso / ilii-honkso / lii-honkso	iloohonkso iloo-honkso
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishhonkso ish-honkso	hashhonkso hash-honkso
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	honkso	(hoo)honkso (hoo-)honkso

Derived terms

• hollonksoꞌ
• honksoꞌ aloota
• o̱honkso