hobak

Chickasaw

Etymology

Possibly from hoba +‎ -k (nominal formative). Compare Choctaw hobak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ho.bak/

Noun

hobak (alienable)

  1. sterile person or animal
  2. infertile person or animal

Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-,
or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-		 SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") a̠hobak
a̠-hobak		po̠hobak
po̠-hobak		hapo̠hobak
hapo̠-hobak
2nd-person ("thy, your") chi̠hobak
chi̠-hobak		hachi̠hobak
hachi̠-hobak
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") i̠hobak
i̠-hobak

Derived terms
  • hobak ikbi
  • hobak ishtikbiꞌ
  • ittiꞌ hobak

Choctaw

Etymology

Compare Chickasaw hobak.

Noun

hobak

  1. eunuch, castrated person or animal
  2. coward; an insult

References
  • Cyrus Byington, John Reed Swanton, Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)
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