hattak ihoo tobaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From hattak (“male person”) +‎ ihoo (“woman”) +‎ toba (“to appear as”) +‎ -ꞌ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hat.tak i.hoː to.baʔ/

Noun

hattak ihoo tobaꞌ (alienable)

1. male transvestite

   Synonym: hattak ihoo ilahobbiꞌ

2. male homosexual

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	a̠hattak ihoo tobaꞌ a̠-hattak ihoo tobaꞌ	po̠hattak ihoo tobaꞌ po̠-hattak ihoo tobaꞌ	hapo̠hattak ihoo tobaꞌ hapo̠-hattak ihoo tobaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠hattak ihoo tobaꞌ chi̠-hattak ihoo tobaꞌ	hachi̠hattak ihoo tobaꞌ hachi̠-hattak ihoo tobaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠hattak ihoo tobaꞌ i̠-hattak ihoo tobaꞌ