hosiino

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw o̱ssini, Koasati haskiina. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.síː.no/

Noun

hosiino (alienable)

1. bumblebee
2. (rare) hornet

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amhosiino am-hosiino	pomhosiino pom-hosiino	hapomhosiino hapom-hosiino
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimhosiino chim-hosiino	hachimhosiino hachim-hosiino
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imhosiino im-hosiino