vpi
Choctaw
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Muskogean *apiCi. Cognate with Chickasaw api', Alabama apihchi, Creek vpē.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editʋpi (alienable)
- stalk, stem, (of a tree) trunk, (of grass) blade, (of wheat) straw
- vine
- tree
- (of corn) cob
- handle
- leg
Derived terms
edit- ahʋpi (“potato vine”)
- aiomanili ʋpi (“chair leg”)
- bihi ʋpi (“mulberry tree”)
- iskifʋpi (“axe”)
- nusʋpi (“oak tree”)
- tanchʋpi (“corncob”)
- chahʋpi (“hoe handle”)
- iyʋpi (“leg”)
- hʋshuk ʋpi (“blade of grass”)