Ultimately from Proto-Muskogean *a-xokʷa (“to imitate, to copy”). Infixed with -l-. Cognate to Chickasaw holba.
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holba
From Proto-Muskogean *xokʷa, interfixed with -l- (v1. formative). Compare Choctaw holba, Alabama holba.
holba
Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
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1st-person (I, we) | saholba sa-holba |
poholba po-holba |
hapoholba hapo-holba |
2nd-person (you, you all) | chiholba chi-holba |
hachiholba hachi-holba | |
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | holba | (hoo)holba (hoo-)holba |
Inherited from Latin volvere, present active infinitive of volvō (“turn, tumble”), with a change in conjugation; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”). Compare Aromanian nvolbu, nvulbari, volbu.
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a holba (third-person singular present holbează, past participle holbat) 1st conj.
infinitive | a holba | ||||||
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gerund | holbând | ||||||
past participle | holbat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | holbez | holbezi | holbează | holbăm | holbați | holbează | |
imperfect | holbam | holbai | holba | holbam | holbați | holbau | |
simple perfect | holbai | holbași | holbă | holbarăm | holbarăți | holbară | |
pluperfect | holbasem | holbaseși | holbase | holbaserăm | holbaserăți | holbaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să holbez | să holbezi | să holbeze | să holbăm | să holbați | să holbeze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | holbează | holbați | |||||
negative | nu holba | nu holbați |