chaahánchi

Chickasaw

Etymology

N-grade of chaahachi (“to make tall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaː.hán.t͡ʃi/

Verb

chaahánchi

1. (active voice, transitive) to make taller (over a period of time)
2. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to increase, to make higher (over a period of time) (of numerical values and measurements)

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	chaahánchili chaahánchi-li	iichaahánchi / iliichaahánchi / liichaahánchi ii-chaahánchi / ilii-chaahánchi / lii-chaahánchi	iloochaahánchi iloo-chaahánchi
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishchaahánchi ish-chaahánchi	hashchaahánchi hash-chaahánchi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	chaahánchi	(hoo)chaahánchi (hoo-)chaahánchi