miha

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• miya

Verb

miha (active)

1. to say about oneself
2. to mean
3. they say (used at the end of phrases when telling traditional accounts/stories)

Inflection

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	mihali miha-li	iimiha / iliimiha / liimiha ii-miha / ilii-miha / lii-miha	iloomiha iloo-miha
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishmiha ish-miha	hashmiha hash-miha
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	miha	(hoo)miha (hoo-)miha

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Maori

Etymology 1

Noun

miha

1. a whale calf

Etymology 2

Noun

miha

1. young bracken fronds

Further reading

• “miha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.hʲa]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ha

Noun

miha

1. quarrel, fight

Verb

miha

1. (intransitive) to quarrel, fight

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 235