biniili

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• binili (Humes)

Etymology

Compare Choctaw binili, Alabama biniili (“to go visit”), Koasati biniililaho̱ (“will visit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.níː.li/

Verb

biniili

1. (active voice, intransitive, singular or dual subject) to sit down
2. (active voice, transitive, singular or dual subject) to sit down in

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	biniilili biniili-li	iibiniili / iliibiniili / liibiniili ii-biniili / ilii-biniili / lii-biniili	iloobiniili iloo-biniili
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishbiniili ish-biniili	hashbiniili hash-biniili
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	biniili	(hoo)biniili (hoo-)biniili

Derived terms

• aaombiniiliꞌ
• biniichi
• biniꞌcha loshka
• binniní̱li
• biní̱li
• bínniꞌli
• hobinili
• ishtaabiniiliꞌ
• ombiniili

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: binili
• → Alabama: (archaic) biniili (“to sit”)