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Chickasaw
Etymology
Possibly from hoba + -k (nominal formative). Compare Choctaw hobak.
Pronunciation
Noun
hobak (alienable)
- sterile person or animal
- infertile person or animal
Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-,
or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-
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Singular |
Plural |
Inclusive Tri-Plural
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| 1st-person ("my, our")
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a̠hobak
a̠-hobak |
po̠hobak
po̠-hobak |
hapo̠hobak
hapo̠-hobak
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| 2nd-person ("thy, your")
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chi̠hobak
chi̠-hobak |
hachi̠hobak
hachi̠-hobak
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| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")
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i̠hobak
i̠-hobak
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Derived terms
Choctaw
Etymology
Compare Chickasaw hobak.
Noun
hobak
- eunuch, castrated person or animal
- coward; an insult
References
- Cyrus Byington, John Reed Swanton, Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)