ilbak ishki'

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ilbakshkiꞌ (contracted form)
• ilbuk ishki (Humes' spelling)

Etymology

From ilbak (“hand”) +‎ ishkiꞌ (“mother”). Compare Choctaw ibbak ishki, Alabama ilbiki, Creek enk-ecke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.bak iʃ.kiʔ/

Noun

ilbak ishki' (inalienable)

1. thumb
2. (rare) third finger

Inflection

Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)

Nouns starting in i- (Initial « i » deletion)	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	salbak ishkiꞌ sa-lbak ishkiꞌ	polbak ishkiꞌ po-lbak ishkiꞌ	hapolbak ishkiꞌ hapo-lbak ishkiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chilbak ishkiꞌ chi-lbak ishkiꞌ	hachilbak ishkiꞌ hachi-lbak ishkiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	ilbak ishkiꞌ

Descendants

• Mobilian: ilbak ishki