alhpisa

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɫ.piˈsa/

Noun

alhpisa (alienable)

1. yard (unit of length)
2. bushel

Usage notes

• Followed by a numeral, e.g. "alhpisa awa-oshta" ("fourteen yards/bushels").

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amalhpisa am-alhpisa	pomalhpisa pom-alhpisa	hapomalhpisa hapom-alhpisa
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimalhpisa chim-alhpisa	hachimalhpisa hachim-alhpisa
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imalhpisa im-alhpisa

Verb

alhpisa (stative)

1. (intransitive) to be measured (II)

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs starting in a-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	asalhpisa asa-lhpisa	apolhpisa apo-lhpisa	apolhpisa apo-lhpisa
2nd-person (you, you all)	achilhpisa achi-lhpisa	achilhpisa achi-lhpisa
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	alhpisa	(hoo)alhpisa (hoo-)alhpisa

Derived terms

• alhpí'sa
• alhpíyy'sa
• alhpí̱sa
• anompalhpisa'
• itti' alhpisa'
• naaishtalhpisa'
• nannalhpisa'
• yaaknalhpisa'

 

Related terms

• apiisa