imalbina
Chickasaw
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From im- (dative applicative verb prefix) + albina (“to be a place to camp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]imalbina
- (stative, transitive, nominal subject, class III object) to be a camp for
- (stative, transitive, class III subject, nominal object suffixed with -at) to make camp in
- Osaapa'at hapomimalbinatok
- We made camp in a field.
Inflection
[edit]Class III Verb Subjects (Stative)
| Verbs in vowel-, b-, or p- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person (I, we) | amimalbina am-imalbina |
pomimalbina pom-imalbina |
hapomimalbina hapom-imalbina |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | chimimalbina chim-imalbina |
hachimimalbina hachim-imalbina | |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | imimalbina im-imalbina | ||