waakimpaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compound of waakaꞌ (“cow”) +‎ impaꞌ (“food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaː.kim.paʔ/

Noun

waakimpaꞌ (alienable)

1. cattle feed

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")	a̠waakimpaꞌ a̠-waakimpaꞌ	po̠waakimpaꞌ po̠-waakimpaꞌ	hapo̠waakimpaꞌ hapo̠-waakimpaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠waakimpaꞌ chi̠-waakimpaꞌ	hachi̠waakimpaꞌ hachi̠-waakimpaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠waakimpaꞌ i̠-waakimpaꞌ

Derived terms

• waakimpaalhtoꞌ