alikchiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From alikchi (“to act as a doctor”) +‎ -ꞌ (noun-forming verb suffix), from Proto-Muskogean *alikci. Compare Choctaw alikchiꞌ, Mikasuki elèkuji, Creek vlekcv, Koasati alikchi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.likˈt͡ʃiʔ/

Noun

alikchiꞌ (alienable)

1. doctor, physician

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amalikchiꞌ am-alikchiꞌ	pomalikchiꞌ pom-alikchiꞌ	hapomalikchiꞌ hapom-alikchiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimalikchiꞌ chim-alikchiꞌ	hachimalikchiꞌ hachim-alikchiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imalikchiꞌ im-alikchiꞌ

Derived terms

• alikchihooꞌ
• alikchimmiꞌ
• alikchi̱shokcha
• ishkin imalikchiꞌ
• ittiꞌ alikchiꞌ
• naalhpoobimalikchiꞌ