iksho

Chickasaw

Etymology

Negation of *asha (cf. Choctaw asha (“to live in”). Compare Choctaw iksho, Alabama íkso, Creek -eko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ík.ʃo/

Verb

iksho

1. (stative, intransitive) to not be, to not exist
2. (stative, intransitive) to not be there

Inflection

Class II verb subjects with negation

	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	iksaksho ik-sa-ksho	ikpoksho ik-po-kshoo	ikhapoksho ik-hapo-ksho
2nd-person (you, you all)	ikchiksho ik-chi-ksho	ikhachiksho ik-hachi-ksho
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	iksho iksho	ik(hoo)ksho ik-(hoo-)ksho

Derived terms

• • aa-akshoꞌ
  • hasimbish ikshoꞌ
  • ikimiksho
  • ikshokat
  • iksho̱
  • imaanokfila-at iksho
  • inchokkikshoꞌ
  • nannakya iksho
  • nannookya iksho
  • ootiksho
  • oshiꞌ ikshoꞌ
  • pankiꞌ nihikshoꞌ
  • paskinkanoꞌmikshoꞌ
  • ínksho
  • îksho

   

Descendants

• Mobilian: iksho

Mobilian

Etymology

Inherited from Chickasaw iksho and Choctaw iksho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈkʃu/

Interjection

iksho

1. no

Antonyms

• yama

Derived terms

• -ksho