ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ihoo hattak imikshoꞌ

Etymology

From ihoo (“woman”) +‎ hattak (“person”) +‎ ikimiksho (“to not have”) +‎ -ꞌ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.hoː hat.tak i.ki.mik.ʃoʔ/

Noun

ihoo hattak ikimiksho' (alienable)

1. spinster, old maid
2. (rare) widow

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ am-ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ	pomihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ pom-ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ	hapomihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ hapom-ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ chim-ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ	hachimihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ hachim-ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ im-ihoo hattak ikimikshoꞌ