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Chickasaw
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *xočixʷa.
Verb
hochifo
- (active voice, ditransitive) to name
- Ikloon chihochifoli. ― I name you Ikloon.
- (active voice, transitive) to call by name
- Sahochifotok. ― He called me by name.
- (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to say, to call
- “Chikashsha” chihochifota? ― Did you say “Chickasaw”?
Inflection
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
| Verbs beginning with a consonant.
|
Singular |
Plural |
Inclusive Tri-Plural
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| 1st-person (I, we)
|
hochifoli
hochifo-li |
iihochifo / iliihochifo / liihochifo
ii-hochifo / ilii-hochifo / lii-hochifo |
iloohochifo
iloo-hochifo
|
| 2nd-person (you, you all)
|
ishhochifo
ish-hochifo |
hashhochifo
hash-hochifo
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| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they)
|
hochifo |
(hoo)hochifo
(hoo-)hochifo
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Derived terms