tohbi
Chickasaw
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tohbi
Verb
[edit]tohbi (stative)
- to be white
Inflection
[edit]Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
| Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person (I, we) | satohbi sa-tohbi |
potohbi po-tohbi |
hapotohbi hapo-tohbi |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | chitohbi chi-tohbi |
hachitohbi hachi-tohbi | |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | tohbi | (hoo)tohbi (hoo-)tohbi | |
Choctaw
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Chickasaw tohbi, Alabama tohbi (“fog, to be foggy, white-haired”). Compare also Creek hvt'kē, hvthv'kē, Koasati hatka
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tohbi
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]tohbi
- To be white (in color).
See also
[edit]| tohbi | hʋta | lusa |
| homma | lakna hʋta; lusakbi, hʋtonlakna | lakna |
| okchamali | ||
| okchakko | ||
| homakbi |
References
[edit]- “tohbi”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma