chokfi

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Alabama

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (rabbit). Compare Choctaw chukfi, Chickasaw chokfi.

Noun

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chokfi

  1. rabbit

Chickasaw

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chokfi (alienable)

  1. rabbit, hare
  2. sheep
    Synonym: chokfalhpoobaꞌ

Usage notes

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  • If one wants to distinguish between the sense of “rabbit” and “sheep”, one can use chokfalhpoobaꞌ (sheep) (which uses the specifier alhpoobaꞌ (domesticated)).

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Mobilian: chokfi

Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (rabbit). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chokfi (transcription chókfih, alienable)

  1. rabbit
  2. sheep

Declension

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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

Descendants

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Koasati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čokxʷiCi (rabbit). Cognate with Chickasaw chokfi, Alabama chokfi, Creek cufe, Choctaw chokfi.

Noun

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chokfi

  1. rabbit