hohchifo

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Choctaw[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hochīfo (to name, to call), from Proto-Muskogean *xočixʷa. Cognate with Chickasaw holhchifo (name).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hohchifo (inalienable–class II agreement)

  1. name
    Chihohchifoyat nata?
    Chi hohchifo yʋt nanta? (traditional spelling)
    What is your name?

Declension[edit]

possessive (inalienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") sahohchifo pihohchifo hapihohchifo
second-person ("thy, your") chihohchifo hachihohchifo
third-person ("his, her, its, their") hohchifo

Verb[edit]

hohchifo

  1. past participle of hochīfo