foshiꞌ hommaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From foshiꞌ (“bird”) +‎ homma (“to be red”) +‎ -ꞌ (nominalizing verb suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.ʃiʔ hom.maʔ/

Noun

foshiꞌ hommaꞌ (alienable)

1. redbird
2. (rare) cardinal

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")	a̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ a̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ	po̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ po̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ	hapo̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ hapo̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ chi̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ	hachi̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ hachi̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ i̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ

Derived terms

• foshhommak