hishiꞌ

See also: hishi

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw hishi, Alabama hissi, Koasati hissi, Creek esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.ʃiʔ/

Noun

hishiꞌ (alienable)

1. body hair
2. fur
3. feather
4. leaf, needle

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")	a̠hishiꞌ a̠-hishiꞌ	po̠hishiꞌ po̠-hishiꞌ	hapo̠hishiꞌ hapo̠-hishiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠hishiꞌ chi̠-hishiꞌ	hachi̠hishiꞌ hachi̠-hishiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠hishiꞌ i̠-hishiꞌ

Derived terms

• akankaꞌ hishiꞌ
• aktampiꞌ hishiꞌ
• ato̱falaaꞌ imilhlhaꞌ hishiꞌ pathaꞌ
• chokfi hishiꞌ
• chomak hishiꞌ
• fochosh hishiꞌ wokshoꞌ
• foshiꞌ hishiꞌ
• hishiꞌ loposhkiꞌ
• ishkin hishiꞌ
• ittiꞌshiꞌ
• iyyiꞌ hishiꞌ
• notakhish
• tako̱lo hishiꞌ
• tanchiꞌ hishiꞌ
• ta̱hishiꞌ
• tiyak hishiꞌ

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: hishi