shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ (“pork”) +‎ shila (“to be(come) dry”) +‎ -ꞌ.

Noun

shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ (alienable)

1. bacon
2. salt pork

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	a̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ a̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ	po̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ po̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ	hapo̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ hapo̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ chi̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ	hachi̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ hachi̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ i̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ shilaꞌ