choshshak

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• chushak (traditional)
• čoššak (Mississippi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊʃ.ʃák/

Noun

choshshak (transcription choshshák, inalienable)

1. nape, back of the neck

Declension

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sachoshshak	pichoshshak	hapichoshshak
second-person ("thy, your")	chichoshshak	hachichoshshak
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	choshshak

Related terms

• ikko̱la (“neck”)
• nok- (“neck”, in compounds)