hochifo

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *xočixʷa.

Verb

hochifo

  1. (active voice, ditransitive) to name
    Ikloon chihochifoli. ― I name you Ikloon.
  2. (active voice, transitive) to call by name
    Sahochifotok. ― He called me by name.
  3. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to say, to call
    “Chikashsha” chihochifota? ― Did you say “Chickasaw”?

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) hochifoli
hochifo-li		 iihochifo / iliihochifo / liihochifo
ii-hochifo / ilii-hochifo / lii-hochifo		 iloohochifo
iloo-hochifo
2nd-person (you, you all) ishhochifo
ish-hochifo		 hashhochifo
hash-hochifo
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) hochifo (hoo)hochifo
(hoo-)hochifo

Derived terms

  • ahoochifochi
  • hochifochi
  • hochih
  • hóchchiꞌfo
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