chokma
Chickasaw
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Choctaw chokma, Alabama chookma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chokma
- (active voice, intransitive) to act good
- (stative, intransitive) to be good
- (stative, transitive, with a role or profession as nominal object) to be a good
- Osaapaꞌ toksaliꞌ chichokma.
- You are a good farmer.
Inflection
[edit]Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
| Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person (I, we) | chokmali chokma-li |
iichokma / iliichokma / liichokma ii-chokma / ilii-chokma / lii-chokma |
iloochokma iloo-chokma |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | ishchokma ish-chokma |
hashchokma hash-chokma | |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | chokma | (hoo)chokma (hoo-)chokma | |
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
| Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person (I, we) | sachokma sa-chokma |
pochokma po-chokma |
hapochokma hapo-chokma |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | chichokma chi-chokma |
hachichokma hachi-chokma | |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | chokma | (hoo)chokma (hoo-)chokma | |
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]chokma (auxiliary)
Interjection
[edit]Chokma!