nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
Chickasaw
Etymology
From nitaꞌ (“bear”) + aa (“place”) + kapassa (“cold”) + aa-asha (“to make oneꞌs home in a place”) + -ꞌ (noun-forming verb suffix).
Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y- |
Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | a̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ a̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ | po̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ po̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ | hapo̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ hapo̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chi̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ chi̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ | hachi̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ hachi̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | i̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ i̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ | ||
Synonyms
- falammi nitaꞌ
- nitaꞌ tohbiꞌ
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