chokfi

Alabama

Etymology

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

Noun

chokfi

1. rabbit

Chickasaw

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃok.fi/

Noun

chokfi (alienable)

1. rabbit, hare
2. sheep

   Synonym: chokfalhpoobaꞌ

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in ch-, k-, t-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	anchokfi an-chokfi	ponchokfi pon-chokfi	haponchokfi hapon-chokfi
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chinchokfi chin-chokfi	hachinchokfi hachin-chokfi
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	inchokfi in-chokfi

Derived terms

• Chokfaat Achiili
• chokfalhpoobaꞌ
• Chokfi
• chokfi haksobish falaaꞌ
• chokfi hishiꞌ
• chokfi ishtoꞌ
• chokfi laknaꞌ
• chokfi lomaꞌ
• chokfi losaꞌ
• chokfi palhkiꞌ
• chokfi wokshoꞌ
• chokfiyyiꞌ
• chokfokchamaliꞌ
• chokfoshiꞌ
• chokfoshtaka̱ꞌliꞌ
• oktaak chokfiꞌ

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: chokfi

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• chukfi (traditional)
• čokfi (Mississippi)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /chʊ́k.fi/

Noun

chokfi (transcription chókfih, alienable)

1. rabbit
2. sheep

Declension

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

• Mobilian: chokfi

Koasati

Etymology

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

Noun

chokfi

1. rabbit