Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hət͡ʃɪʃnó(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: hachishnó'

Pronoun

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hachishno (second-person plural)

  1. (emphatic) you (all), ye, y'all
  2. (Mississippi) yours, y'all's

Usage notes

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Choctaw usually doesn't use personal pronouns, instead relying on pronominal affixes.

Inflection

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emphatic possessive‡
singular paucal plural singular paucal plural
first-person ano
sashno
pishno hapishno ammi pimmi hapimmi
second-person chishno hachishno chimmi hachimmi
third-person yamma ilap
Recent analogous formation in Mississippi Choctaw. Considered substandard.
First- and second-person are archaic in Mississippi Choctaw, where the emphatic pronouns are used for possession instead.

See also

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  NODES
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