ibbak

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Alabama ilbi (“right hand”).

Noun

ibbak

1. hand
2. forearm
3. paw

Declension

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sabbak	pibbak	hapibbak
second-person ("thy, your")	chibbak	hachibbak
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	ibbak

Derived terms

• ibbak abeha (“gloves”)
• ibbak alhto (“handful”)
• ibbak aska (“wrist”)
• ibbak chush (“fingernail”)
• ibbak ishki (“thumb”)
• ibbak isht impaka (“right hand”)
• ibbakoshi (“finger”)
• ibbak ushi (“finger”) (traditional spelling)