hachimmi

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Choctaw[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hachim-.

Pronoun[edit]

hachimmi (second-person plural)

  1. (now chiefly Oklahoma Choctaw, archaic in Mississippi Choctaw) yours, you all's, y'all's

Inflection[edit]

emphatic possessive‡
singular paucal plural singular paucal plural
first-person ano
sashno
pishno hapishno ammi pimmi hapimmi
second-person chishno hachishno chimmi hachimmi
third-person yamma ilap
Recent analogous formation in Mississippi Choctaw. Considered substandard.
First- and second-person are archaic in Mississippi Choctaw, where the emphatic pronouns are used for possession instead.