shokhaꞌ

== Chickasaw == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *sokxaCa (“opossum”). Compare Choctaw shukha, Alabama sokha, Koasati sokha, Hitchiti soki, Mikasuki soki, Creek sokhv. Outside of Muskogean also compare Cherokee ᏏᏆ (siqua, “opossum (obsolete)”). Pre-Columbian exchange this word likely meant “opossum”, but it's meaning shifted after this event. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃok.haʔ/ === Noun === shokhaꞌ (alienable) hog, pig Synonym: choochoꞌ ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Mobilian: shokha (in certain compounds)