akankoshiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

akankaꞌ (“chicken”) +‎ -oshiꞌ (diminutive-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kan.ko.ʃiʔ/

Noun

akankoshiꞌ (alienable)

1. egg (of a chicken)

   Synonym: akankoshiꞌ lomboꞌ

2. chick

   Synonym: akankoshiꞌ hofantiꞌ

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amakankoshiꞌ am-akankoshiꞌ	pomakankoshiꞌ pom-akankoshiꞌ	hapomakankoshiꞌ hapom-akankoshiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimakankoshiꞌ chim-akankoshiꞌ	hachimakankoshiꞌ hachim-akankoshiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imakankoshiꞌ im-akankoshiꞌ

Derived terms

• akankosh-apaꞌ
• akankoshintohbiꞌ
• akankoshi̱laknaꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ aalhtoꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ aatahakaꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ awaalhaaliꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ boꞌkalhchiꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ hofantiꞌ
• Akankoshiꞌ Hoyoꞌ Nittak
• akankoshiꞌ ishboꞌkalhchiꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ lobonaꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ loboꞌ
• Akankoshiꞌ Lohmiꞌ Nittak
• akankoshiꞌ lomboꞌ
• akankoshiꞌ tokloꞌ
• sintiꞌ akankosh-apaꞌ