hohchifo

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• hohčifo (Mississippi)

Etymology

From hochīfo (“to name, to call”), from Proto-Muskogean *xočixʷa. Cognate with Chickasaw holhchifo (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊçtʃifó/

Noun

hohchifo (inalienable–class II agreement)

1. name

   Chihohchifoyat nata?
   Chi hohchifo yʋt nanta? (traditional spelling)

   What is your name?

Declension

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sahohchifo	pihohchifo	hapihohchifo
second-person ("thy, your")	chihohchifo	hachihohchifo
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	hohchifo

Verb

hohchifo

1. past participle of hochīfo