Chickasaw edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Choctaw chokma, Alabama chookma.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

chokma (auxiliary)

  1. (following another verb) really, good and, well
    Sachaaha chokma.I'm really tall.

Interjection edit

Chokma!

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