offo

offo

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Alabama olfa, Koasati olfa. Compare also Chickasaw ofunti and Creek húntetv. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

offo (causative offochi)

  1. (botany) To grow, to sprout.

Derived terms

  • offo achukma

References

  • “offo”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
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