Vocabulary of Choctaw (Chahta’)


1.    mother           hvshki
2.    father           aki
3.    sister           atek
4.    brother           amvnni
5.    daughter           sioshitek
6.    son           sioshi


Chihowa yυt yakni a i hullo fehna kυt, kυna hosh yυmma i yimmikmυt ik illo hosh,
amba ai okchayυt bilia yo pisa hi o, Ushi achυfa illa holitopa ya auet ima tok.


For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Bible, John, 3, 16

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1.    water           oka
2.    fire           luak
3.    sun           hvshi
4.    moon           hvshi ninak aya
5.    wind           máhli
6.    rain           omba


1.    one           achaffa
2.    two           toklo
3.    three           tochchina
4.    four           oshta
5.    five           talhlhapi
6.    six           hannali


Himak nitak ilhpak pim ai υlhpesa kako ish pi ipetashke.

Give us today our daily bread.
The Bible, Matthew, 6, 11

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1.    cat           katos
2.    dog           ofi
3.    horse           issoba
4.    cow           wak
5.    fish           nani
6.    bird           hoshi
7.    tree           iti
8.    flower           napakali


Chisυs Klaist Chihowa Ushi im υbanumpa ai ishtia υmmona kυt.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Bible, Mark, 1,1

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1.    white           tohbi
2.    black           lusa
3.    red           homma
4.    green           okchakko
5.    yellow           lakna
6.    blue           okchvko
7.    gray           okchvmali
8.    brown           lakna

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