ilbak-oshiꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ilbak (“hand”) +‎ -oshiꞌ (diminutive-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /il.bak.o.ʃiʔ/

Noun

ilbak-oshiꞌ (inalienable)

  1. finger
  2. (sometimes more specifically) little finger

Inflection
Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)
Nouns starting in i-
(Initial « i » deletion)		 SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") salbak-oshiꞌ
sa-lbak-oshiꞌ		polbak-oshiꞌ
po-lbak-oshiꞌ		hapolbak-oshiꞌ
hapo-lbak-oshiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your") chilbak-oshiꞌ
chi-lbak-oshiꞌ		hachilbak-oshiꞌ
hachi-lbak-oshiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") ilbak-oshiꞌ

Derived terms
  • ilbak-oshiꞌ aapolhomaꞌ
  • ilbak-oshiꞌ albiꞌhaꞌ
  • ilbak-oshiꞌ awaataliꞌ
  • ilbak-oshiꞌ ittintaklaꞌ

Descendants
  • Mobilian: ilbak oshi
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