ishko

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *isko. Compare Choctaw ishko, Alabama isko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ.ko/

Verb

ishko

1. (active voice, transitive) to drink
2. (active voice, transitive) to take (of liquid medicine)

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	ishkoli ishko-li	ilishko il-ishko	ilooishko iloo-ishko
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishishko ish-ishko	hashishko hash-ishko
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	ishko	(hoo)ishko (hoo-)ishko

Derived terms

• aaishko
• ihí̱shko
• ikko
• imishko
• ishkochichi
• ishkot haksi
• issish ishkoꞌ
• nannishkoꞌ
• nannishtishkoꞌ
• okishkoꞌ
• íshko
• íꞌshko

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: ishko