naksiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *nak¢iCi. Compare Choctaw naksi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nak.siʔ/

Noun

naksiꞌ (inalienable)

1. (anatomy) rib

Inflection

Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)

Nouns starting with a consonant	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	sanaksiꞌ sa-naksiꞌ	ponaksiꞌ po-naksiꞌ	haponaksiꞌ hapo-naksiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chinaksiꞌ chi-naksiꞌ	hachinaksiꞌ hachi-naksiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	naksiꞌ

Derived terms

• achaknaski
• naksabasaliꞌ
• naksikaꞌ