Chihowa

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• Spelling variants
  • Číhówa, Číhōwa (Mississippi)
  • Chihówa (CBTC)
  • Chihoowah (academic)

Etymology

From English Jehovah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃihoːwá(h)/

Proper noun

Chihōwa

1. God

Declension

	absolute	nominative	accusative	oblique
neutral	Chihōwa(h)	Chihōwahat	Chihōwaha̱	Chihōwahak
contrastive	Chihōwahakō	Chihōwahakōsh	Chihōwahako̱	Chihōwahakakō
		Chihōwahato	Chihōwahano
focus	Chihōwahō			Chihōwahakō
		Chihōwahōsh	Chihōwaho̱

-ma "that, there"	-pa "this, here"	-kia "also, too"	-ba "only"	-ōk "but"	-akhī pejorative
Chihōwama	Chihōwapa	Chihōwa(hak)kia	Chihōwaba	Chihōwahōk	Chihōwahakhī