tibaapishi

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ittibaapishi (long form)

Etymology

From itti (“each other”) +‎ ibaapishi (“to suckle together with”).

Noun

tibaapishi (inalienable)

1. sibling

Inflection

Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)

Nouns starting with a consonant	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	satibaapishi sa-tibaapishi	potibaapishi po-tibaapishi	hapotibaapishi hapo-tibaapishi
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chitibaapishi chi-tibaapishi	hachitibaapishi hachi-tibaapishi
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	tibaapishi

Verb

tibaapishi (stative)

1. to be siblings
2. to be animals from a same litter

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	satibaapishi sa-tibaapishi	potibaapishi po-tibaapishi	hapotibaapishi hapo-tibaapishi
2nd-person (you, you all)	chitibaapishi chi-tibaapishi	hachitibaapishi hachi-tibaapishi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	tibaapishi	(hoo)tibaapishi (hoo-)tibaapishi