Chickasaw edit

Etymology edit

From the same root as halhapa, suffixed with -li. Compare Choctaw habli, Alabama haɬaplichi (to make kick), Creek arefketv.

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Verb edit

halhabli

  1. (active voice, transitive, singular object) to kick
  2. (active voice, transitive) to kick once

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