illiꞌ

See also: illi and -illi

Chickasaw

Etymology

From illi (“to die”) +‎ -ꞌ (nominalizing verb suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.liʔ/

Noun

illiꞌ (alienable)

1. death
2. dead person

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amilliꞌ am-illiꞌ	pomilliꞌ pom-illiꞌ	hapomilliꞌ hapom-illiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimilliꞌ chim-illiꞌ	hachimilliꞌ hachim-illiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imilliꞌ im-illiꞌ

Derived terms

• hashiꞌ illiꞌ
• hattak haknip illiꞌ
• hattak illiꞌ
• hotolhko illiꞌ
• ilbak illiꞌ
• isso̱shtilliꞌ
• ittiꞌ shawwa illiꞌ
• pintishtilliꞌ
• taliꞌ illiꞌ o̱hikkiꞌyaꞌ

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: ili