ayoppa

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to Choctaw na yokpa (compare dialectal Chickasaw naayoppa), Alabama ayokpa, Koasati ayokpalaho̱ (“will be happy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.jóp.pa/

Verb

ayoppa

  1. (stative, intransitive) to be happy
    Asayoppa naafka yappat amiksaatokat.
    I am happy that I had this dress made for me.

Inflection
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs starting in a- SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) asayoppa
asa-yoppa		apoyoppa
apo-yoppa		apoyoppa
apo-yoppa
2nd-person (you, you all) achiyoppa
achi-yoppa		achiyoppa
achi-yoppa
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) ayoppa(hoo)ayoppa
(hoo-)ayoppa

Derived terms
  • ayohómpa
  • ayoppachi
  • *ayoppali
  • ayómpa
  • *ilayoppa
  • imayoppa
  • ishtayoppa
  • yoppola
  • áyyoppa
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