shookolaꞌ
Chickasaw
Alternative forms
- shokola (Humes' spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from French chocolat, with the meaning being possibly influenced by Spanish azúcar (“sugar”). Doublet of chaklit (“chocolate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃoː.ko.laʔ/
Noun
shookolaꞌ
Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y- |
Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | a̠shookolaꞌ a̠-shookolaꞌ |
po̠shookolaꞌ po̠-shookolaꞌ |
hapo̠shookolaꞌ hapo̠-shookolaꞌ |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chi̠shookolaꞌ chi̠-shookolaꞌ |
hachi̠shookolaꞌ hachi̠-shookolaꞌ | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | i̠shookolaꞌ i̠-shookolaꞌ | ||
Derived terms
- shookolaꞌ aatobaꞌ
- shookolaꞌ apiꞌ
- shookolaꞌ botaꞌ
- shookolaꞌ holbaꞌ
- shookolaꞌ kalloꞌ
- shookolaꞌ laknaꞌ
- shookolaꞌ poshiꞌ
- shookolaꞌ tohbiꞌ
References
- Munro, Pamela; Willmond, Catherine (1994), Chickasaw: An Analytical Dictionary, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN