isito

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• issito (modern/traditional)
• sito

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈsito(ʔ)/
• Transcription: issíto'

Noun

isito (alienable)

1. pumpkin
2. squash
3. pompion

Declension

Traditional spelling

	absolute	nominative	accusative	oblique
neutral	isito	isito yʋt	isito ya̱	isito yak
contrastive	isito yako	isito yakosh	isito yako̱	isito yakako
		isito yʋto	isito yʋno
focus	isito yo			isito yako
		isito yosh	isito yo̱
					Possession
class III agreement		singular	paucal	plural
first-person	("my, our")	ʋm isito	pim isito	hʋpim isito
second-person	("thy, your")	chim isito	hʋchim isito
third-person	("his, her, its, their")	im isito
Suffixes
ma "that, there"	pa "this, here"	kia "also, too"	ba "only"	ok "but"
isito ma	isito pa	isito (yak)kia	isito ba	isito yok

Derived terms

• isito api (“pumpkin vine”)
• isito holba (“squash”)