iskannoꞌsi

Chickasaw

Etymology

From *iskanno (“to be small”) +‎ -oꞌsi (“diminutive verb suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.kan.noʔ.si/

Verb

iskannoꞌsi (singular subject)

1. (stative, intransitive) to be small, to be little, to be tiny, to be petite

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with i- (Initial « i » deletion).	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	saskannoꞌsi sa-skannoꞌsi	poskannoꞌsi po-skannoꞌsi	haposkannoꞌsi hapo-skannoꞌsi
2nd-person (you, you all)	chiskannoꞌsi chi-skannoꞌsi	hachiskannoꞌsi hachi-skannoꞌsi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	iskannoꞌsi	(hoo)iskannoꞌsi (hoo-)iskannoꞌsi

Derived terms

• ishkalashaꞌ iskannoꞌsi