ishki

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Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ičkiCi. Cognate with Chickasaw ishki', Alabama iki, Creek icki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪʃkí/
  • Academic transcription: ishkí'

Noun

ishki (inalienable–class II agreement)

  1. (obligatory possessive) mother, maternal aunt
    his mother, her mother, its mother, their mother
    his aunt, her aunt, its aunt, their aunt
  2. (indicates possession by a preceding noun)
    (someone)'s mother, of a mother, of the mother
    (someone)'s aunt, of an aunt, of the aunt
    Oshi ishki
    The son's mother

Declension

possessive (inalienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") hashki
sashki		 pishki hapishki
second-person ("thy, your") chishki hachishki
third-person ("his, her, its, their") ishki
Traditional spelling
possessive (inalienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") hvshki
svshki		 pishki hvpishki
second-person ("thy, your") chishki
chishke		 hachishki
third-person ("his, her, its, their") ishki
  • iki (“father”)
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