toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From toksalaꞌpaꞌ (“lizard”) +‎ sikopa (“to be mean, vicious, cruel”) +‎ -ꞌ (nominalizing verb suffix).

Noun

toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ (alienable)

1. dinosaur(s)

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in ch-, k-, t-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	antoksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ an-toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ	pontoksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ pon-toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ	hapontoksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ hapon-toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chintoksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ chin-toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ	hachintoksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ hachin-toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	intoksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ in-toksalaꞌpaꞌ sikopaꞌ