ilbak-oshiꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ilbakoshi, ilbakoshiꞌ
• ilbukoshi (Humes)

Etymology

From ilbak (“hand”) +‎ -oshiꞌ (diminutive-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.bak.o.ʃiʔ/

Noun

ilbak-oshiꞌ (inalienable)

1. finger
2. (sometimes more specifically) little finger

Inflection

Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)

Nouns starting in i- (Initial « i » deletion)	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	salbak-oshiꞌ sa-lbak-oshiꞌ	polbak-oshiꞌ po-lbak-oshiꞌ	hapolbak-oshiꞌ hapo-lbak-oshiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chilbak-oshiꞌ chi-lbak-oshiꞌ	hachilbak-oshiꞌ hachi-lbak-oshiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	ilbak-oshiꞌ

Derived terms

• ilbak-oshiꞌ aapolhomaꞌ
• ilbak-oshiꞌ albiꞌhaꞌ
• ilbak-oshiꞌ awaataliꞌ
• ilbak-oshiꞌ ittintaklaꞌ

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: ilbak oshi