haksibish falaaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From haksibish (“ear”) +‎ falaa (“to be long”) +‎ -ꞌ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hak.si.biʃ fa.laːʔ/

Noun

haksibish falaa' (alienable)

1. donkey

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	a̠haksibish falaaꞌ a̠-haksibish falaaꞌ	po̠haksibish falaaꞌ po̠-haksibish falaaꞌ	hapo̠haksibish falaaꞌ hapo̠-haksibish falaaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠haksibish falaaꞌ chi̠-haksibish falaaꞌ	hachi̠haksibish falaaꞌ hachi̠-haksibish falaaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠haksibish falaaꞌ i̠-haksibish falaaꞌ

Derived terms

• haksibish falaaꞌ iskannoꞌ