hilha

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw hilha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.ɬa/

Verb

hilha

1. (active voice, intransitive) to dance
2. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to dance a specific dance

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	hilhali hilha-li	iihilha / iliihilha / liihilha ii-hilha / ilii-hilha / lii-hilha	iloohilha iloo-hilha
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishhilha ish-hilha	hashhilha hash-hilha
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	hilha	(hoo)hilha (hoo-)hilha

Derived terms

• aahilha
• hihí̱lha
• hilhachi
• hilhalitok
• hilhaꞌ
• hí̱lha
• híꞌlha
• ibaahilha
• i̱hilha
• o̱hilha

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: hilha