katafka

Chickasaw

Etymology

Contraction of katiya fokha.
From katiya (“where”) +‎ fokha (“to be about like (quality)”).

Verb

katafka (interrogative auxiliary verb)

1. to be how? to be to what degree? (interrogative auxiliary verb preceded by a verb with ±kat same-subject subordinating verb suffix)

Alternative forms

• katiya fokha