akankishnihaꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• akankishniyaꞌ
• kankishnihaꞌ
• akankishkishnihaꞌ

Etymology

From akankaꞌ (“chicken”) ‎ isht- (“with”, instrumental preverb) ‎ niha (“grease”) ‎ -ꞌ (noun-forming verb suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kan.kiʃ.ni.haʔ/

Noun

akankishnihaꞌ (alienable)

1. tomato

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amakankishnihaꞌ am-akankishnihaꞌ	pomakankishnihaꞌ pom-akankishnihaꞌ	hapomakankishnihaꞌ hapom-akankishnihaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimakankishnihaꞌ chim-akankishnihaꞌ	hachimakankishnihaꞌ hachim-akankishnihaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imakankishnihaꞌ im-akankishnihaꞌ

Derived terms

• akankishnihaꞌ okchiꞌ