ishkiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ičkiCi. Cognate with Choctaw ishki, Alabama iki, Creek icki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ.kiʔ/

Noun

ishkiꞌ (inalienable)

1. mother

   Synonym: chipotishkiꞌ

Inflection

Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)

Nouns starting in i- (Initial « i » deletion)	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	sashkiꞌ sa-shkiꞌ	poshkiꞌ po-shkiꞌ	haposhkiꞌ hapo-shkiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chishkiꞌ chi-shkiꞌ	hachishkiꞌ hachi-shkiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	ishkiꞌ

Derived terms

• akankishiꞌ
• chipotishkiꞌ
• fochosh ishkiꞌ
• foshiꞌ ishkiꞌ
• ilbak ishkiꞌ
• ishkiꞌ holbaꞌ
• Ishkiꞌ Oshtaꞌ
• ishkiꞌ tobaꞌ
• ishkoꞌsiꞌ
• issoba ishkiꞌ
• iyyishkiꞌ
• kowishkiꞌ
• ofiꞌ ishkiꞌ
• waakishkiꞌ