lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• lokfommaꞌ (contracted form)

Etymology

Compound of lokfiꞌ (“mud”) +‎ hommaꞌ (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lok.fiʔ hom.maʔ/

Noun

lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ (alienable)

1. red clay, red dirt

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")	a̠lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ a̠-lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ	po̠lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ po̠-lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ	hapo̠lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ hapo̠-lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ chi̠-lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ	hachi̠lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ hachi̠-lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ i̠-lokfiꞌ hommaꞌ