hakshish

Choctaw

Alternative forms

  • Spelling variants
    • hakšiš (Mississippi)
  • akshish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *xasxʷikšisi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /həkʃɪ́ʃ/

Noun

hakshish (transcription hakshísh, inalienable)

  1. vein, artery
  2. sinews
  3. tendon

Declension

possessive (inalienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") sahakshish pihakshish hapihakshish
second-person ("thy, your") chihakshish hachihakshish
third-person ("his, her, its, their") hakshish

Descendants

  • Mobilian: hakshish
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