holisso toshooli

Chickasaw

Etymology

From holisso (“books, papers”) +‎ toshooli (“to interpret, to make out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.lis.so to.ʃoː.li/

Verb

holisso toshooli

1. (active voice, intransitive) to read

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	holisso toshoolili holisso toshooli-li	holisso iitoshooli / holisso iliitoshooli / holisso liitoshooli holisso ii-toshooli / holisso ilii-toshooli / holisso lii-toshooli	holisso ilootoshooli holisso iloo-toshooli
2nd-person (you, you all)	holisso ishtoshooli holisso ish-toshooli	holisso hashtoshooli holisso hash-toshooli
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	holisso toshooli	holisso (hoo)toshooli holisso (hoo-)toshooli

Derived terms

• holisso toshooliꞌ