chofaak

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• chofak

Etymology

Compare Choctaw chufak, Alabama achoopa (“iron nail”), Creek vcopv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo.faːk/

Noun

chofaak (alienable)

1. fork
2. pitchfork

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in ch-, k-, t-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	an{{{1}}} an-{{{1}}}	pon{{{1}}} pon-{{{1}}}	hapon{{{1}}} hapon-{{{1}}}
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chin{{{1}}} chin-{{{1}}}	hachin{{{1}}} hachin-{{{1}}}
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	in{{{1}}} in-{{{1}}}

Derived terms

• chofaak haloppaꞌ
• chofaak ishtimpaꞌ
• chofaak yaalhfowaꞌ
• chofaakoshiꞌ