mahli

== Chickasaw == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *maxali. Compare Choctaw mahli, Alabama mahli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mah.li/ === Noun === mahli wind air ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Mobilian: mahli === Verb === mahli (intransitive, nominal subject, of places) to be windy, to have wind blowing ==== Derived terms ==== == Choctaw == === Alternative forms === małi (Byington/Swanton) mvhli (traditional) mahli' (modified traditional) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məhlí(ʔ)/ Academic transcription: mahlí' === Noun === mahli (alienable) wind, air, atmosphere ==== Derived terms ==== mahli chito (“storm”) === Verb === mahli (active intransitive) to blow ==== Derived terms ==== mahlichi (“to blow”, active transitive)