hayip

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw haiyip, Alabama ayiipi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.jip/

Noun

hayip (alienable)

1. pond
2. lake
3. water tank

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")	a̠hayip a̠-hayip	po̠hayip po̠-hayip	hapo̠hayip hapo̠-hayip
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠hayip chi̠-hayip	hachi̠hayip hachi̠-hayip
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠hayip i̠-hayip

Derived terms

• hayip ishtoꞌ