haknip

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• aknip

Etymology

From nipi (“meat, flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həknɪ́p/
• Transcription: hakníp

Noun

haknip (inalienable–class II agreement)

1. body
2. trunk, thorax
3. chest

Declension

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sahaknip	pihaknip	hapihaknip
second-person ("thy, your")	chihaknip	hachihaknip
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	haknip

Derived terms

• haknip achokma (“health, healthy”)
• haknip bāno (“naked”)