chokma

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• chukma

Etymology

Compare Choctaw chokma, Alabama chookma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃok.ma/

Verb

chokma

1. (active voice, intransitive) to act good
2. (stative, intransitive) to be good
3. (stative, transitive, with a role or profession as nominal object) to be a good

   Osaapaꞌ toksaliꞌ chichokma.

   You are a good farmer.

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	chokmali chokma-li	iichokma / iliichokma / liichokma ii-chokma / ilii-chokma / lii-chokma	iloochokma iloo-chokma
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishchokma ish-chokma	hashchokma hash-chokma
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	chokma	(hoo)chokma (hoo-)chokma

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	sachokma sa-chokma	pochokma po-chokma	hapochokma hapo-chokma
2nd-person (you, you all)	chichokma chi-chokma	hachichokma hachi-chokma
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	chokma	(hoo)chokma (hoo-)chokma

Derived terms

• chinchokma
• chokma imalhta
• chokma imilahobbi
• chokma immoꞌma
• chokmahookay
• *chokmaka
• chokmat asilhha
• chokmat atta
• chokmata
• chokmaꞌshki
• chokmaꞌsi
• chóngma
• chóyyokma
• holbaꞌat chokmaho̱ toba
• imaanokfila-at yohbi chokma
• inchokma
• inchokmishto
• naktoomi chokma
• nannanokfillikat chokma bíyyiꞌka
• pisa-chokma

 

Adverb

chokma (auxiliary)

1. (following another verb) really, good and, well

   Sachaaha chokma. ― I'm really tall.

Interjection

Chokma!

1. Hello!
2. Good!
3. Excellent!