nakfish

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw nakfish.

Noun

nakfish (inalienable, obligatory possession)

1. younger sibling of the same sex

   his younger brother(s)

   her younger sister(s)

   its younger sibling(s) (of the same sex)

   their younger sibling(s) (of the same sex)

   of a younger sibling (of the same sex), of the younger sibling(s) (of the same sex)

Inflection

Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)

Nouns starting with a consonant	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	sanakfish sa-nakfish	ponakfish po-nakfish	haponakfish hapo-nakfish
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chinakfish chi-nakfish	hachinakfish hachi-nakfish
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	nakfish

Choctaw

Etymology

Compare nakfi (“brother (of a woman)”)

Noun

nakfish (transcription nakfísh, inalienable)

1. (obligatory possessive) younger sibling of the same sex

   his younger brother(s)

   her younger sister(s)

   its younger sibling(s) (of the same sex)

   their younger sibling(s) (of the same sex)

   of a younger sibling (of the same sex), of the younger sibling(s) (of the same sex)

Declension

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sanakfish	pinakfish	hapinakfish
second-person ("thy, your")	chinakfish	hachinakfish
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	nakfish

	absolute	nominative	accusative	oblique
neutral	nakfish	nakfishat	nakfisha̱	nakfishak
contrastive	nakfishakō	nakfishakōsh	nakfishako̱	nakfishakakō
		nakfishato	nakfishano
focus	nakfishō			nakfishakō
		nakfishōsh	nakfisho̱

-ma "that, there"	-pa "this, here"	-kia "also, too"	-ba "only"	-ōk "but"	-akhī pejorative
nakfishma	nakfishpa	nakfish(ak)kia	nakfishba	nakfishōk	nakfishakhī