chaffa

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Alabama cháffàaka (“one”), Koasati chaffaakan (“one”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃáf.fa/

Numeral

chaffa

  1. one

Derived terms
  • pokkóꞌli awa chaffa
  • pokoli tochchiꞌna awa chaffa
  • pokoli toklo awa chaffa
  • sent chaffaꞌ
  • talhipa chaffa
  • talhipa chaffacha awa chaffa
  • talhipa chaffacha chaffa
  • talhipa chaffacha pokkóꞌli
  • talhipa chaffacha tochchíꞌna
  • talhipa chaffacha toklo
  • talhipa chaffaka ó̱na
  • talhipa hánnaꞌcha chaffa
  • talhipa sipokniꞌ chaffa
  • talhipa sipokniꞌ chaffacha chaffa
  • talhipa sipokniꞌ chaffaka̱ ó̱na
  • talhipa toklocha chaffa

Descendants
  • Mobilian: achafa

Verb

chaffa (singular subject)

  1. (active voice, intransitive) to be one in number
  2. (active voice, intransitive) to be the one
  3. (active voice, intransitive) to be the other

Inflection
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) chaffali
chaffa-li		N/AN/A
2nd-person (you, you all) ishchaffa
ish-chaffa		N/A
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) chaffaN/A

Derived terms
  • aachaffa
  • *achaffa
  • ayaꞌ chaffa
  • *chaafowa
  • chaffa bíyyiꞌka
  • chaffa áyyoꞌka
  • chaffaꞌsi
  • chaffoꞌ
  • chokka-chaffaꞌ
  • cháyyaꞌffa
  • hashaachaffaꞌ
  • holhtina-chaffaho̱ ikbi
  • ibaachaffa
  • inchaffa
  • inchokkachaffaꞌ
  • ittachaffa
  • ittichaffa

Koasati

Noun

chaffa

  1. field
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