aka̱ka

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• akanka (traditional)
• akaⁿka (Byington/Swanton)

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw akaka, Alabama akaaka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akã́ːka(ʔ)/
• Transcription: aká̱ka'

Noun

aka̱ka (alienable)

1. chicken
2. poultry

Declension

Modern Spelling

	absolute	nominative	accusative	oblique
neutral	aka̱ka	aka̱kayat	aka̱kaya̱	aka̱kayak
contrastive	aka̱kayakō	aka̱kayakōsh	aka̱kayako̱	aka̱kayakakō
		aka̱kayato	aka̱kayano
focus	aka̱kayō			aka̱kayakō
		aka̱kayōsh	aka̱kayo̱
					Possession
class III agreement		singular	paucal	plural
first-person	("my, our")	amaka̱ka	pimaka̱ka	hapimaka̱ka
second-person	("thy, your")	chimaka̱ka	hachimaka̱ka
third-person	("his, her, its, their")	imaka̱ka
Suffixes
-ma "that, there"	-pa "this, here"	-kia "also, too"	-ba "only"	-ōk "but"
aka̱kama	aka̱kapa	aka̱ka(yak)kia	aka̱kaba	aka̱kayōk

Derived terms

• aka̱ka nakni (“rooster”)
• aka̱ka nipi (“chicken meat”)
• aka̱koshi (“egg”)
• aka̱ka tik (“hen”)