Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Compare Choctaw chukfi, Chickasaw chokfi.
chokfi
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). The sense of “sheep” only came later after they were introduced by the Europeans colonizers. Cognate with Choctaw chukfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe.
chokfi (alienable)
| Nouns in ch-, k-, t- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | anchokfi an-chokfi |
ponchokfi pon-chokfi |
haponchokfi hapon-chokfi |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chinchokfi chin-chokfi |
hachinchokfi hachin-chokfi | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | inchokfi in-chokfi | ||
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe
chokfi (transcription chókfih, alienable)
| possessive (alienable) | singular | paucal | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| first-person ("my, our") | a̱chokfi | pi̱chokfi | hapi̱chokfi |
| second-person ("thy, your") | chi̱chokfi | hachi̱chokfi | |
| third-person ("his, her, its, their") |
i̱chokfi | ||
| absolute | nominative | accusative | oblique | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| neutral | chokfi(h) | chokfihat | chokfiha̱ | chokfihak |
| contrastive | chokfihakō | chokfihakōsh | chokfihako̱ | chokfihakakō |
| chokfihato | chokfihano | |||
| focus | chokfihō | chokfihakō | ||
| chokfihōsh | chokfiho̱ |
| -ma "that, there" |
-pa "this, here" |
-kia "also, too" |
-ba "only" |
-ōk "but" |
-akhī pejorative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chokfima | chokfipa | chokfi(hak)kia | chokfiba | chokfihōk | chokfihakhī |
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (“rabbit”). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe, Choctaw chokfi.
chokfi