Poke-knee
Choctaw and Hebrew are two completely unrelated languages.The Hebrew word for grandmother is savta (סבתא)The Choctaw word for grandmother is pokni
There are many ways of saying (my) grandmother in the Ojibwe language:naannookomnookomisninookomisnimaamaanaannigookomis
The correct pronunciation of "pokni" is pahk-nee.
I've heard it two ways. My family and I have said it "pokni" since i was a child, while I've read it as "sapokni" in other places. I am a MS Choctaw Indian and "pokni" DOES mean grandmother, on the other hand "sapokni" quite literally means "old"! Well, I am a Louisiana Choctaw Indian, and we say grandmother as "pokni" also. As far as "sa pokni," 'sa' in itself means "my" in English, so maybe where you heard it the people were trying to say "my grandmother." Hope that helps!Wing ping us what I call her