chokfi
Alabama edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Compare Choctaw chukfi, Chickasaw chokfi.
Noun edit
chokfi
Chickasaw edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). The sense of “sheep” only came later after they were introduced by the Europeans colonizers. Cognate with Choctaw chukfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chokfi (alienable)
- rabbit, hare
- sheep
- Synonym: chokfalhpoobaꞌ
Usage notes edit
- If one wants to distinguish between the sense of “rabbit” and “sheep”, one can use chokfalhpoobaꞌ (“sheep”) (which uses the specifier alhpoobaꞌ (“domesticated”)).
Inflection edit
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in ch-, k-, t- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st-person ("my, our") | anchokfi an-chokfi |
ponchokfi pon-chokfi |
haponchokfi hapon-chokfi |
2nd-person ("thy, your") | chinchokfi chin-chokfi |
hachinchokfi hachin-chokfi | |
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | inchokfi in-chokfi |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Mobilian: chokfi
Choctaw edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe
Noun edit
chokfi (transcription chókfih, alienable)
Declension edit
possessive (alienable) | singular | paucal | plural |
---|---|---|---|
first-person ("my, our") | a̱chokfi | pi̱chokfi | hapi̱chokfi |
second-person ("thy, your") | chi̱chokfi | hachi̱chokfi | |
third-person ("his, her, its, their") |
i̱chokfi |
absolute | nominative | accusative | oblique | |
---|---|---|---|---|
neutral | chokfi(h) | chokfihat | chokfiha̱ | chokfihak |
contrastive | chokfihakō | chokfihakōsh | chokfihako̱ | chokfihakakō |
chokfihato | chokfihano | |||
focus | chokfihō | chokfihakō | ||
chokfihōsh | chokfiho̱ |
-ma "that, there" |
-pa "this, here" |
-kia "also, too" |
-ba "only" |
-ōk "but" |
-akhī pejorative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
chokfima | chokfipa | chokfi(hak)kia | chokfiba | chokfihōk | chokfihakhī |
Descendants edit
- Mobilian: chokfi
Koasati edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe, Choctaw chokfi.
Noun edit
chokfi