oshshowanchi

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ishwanchi

Etymology

From osh- (prefix formative indicating a relation to the head) +‎ showa (“to reek”) +‎ -chi (causative verb suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʃ.ʃo.wan.t͡ʃi/

Verb

oshshowanchi (active)

1. (transitive) to smell (I;II)

   Achoshshowanchili. ― I smell you.

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	oshshowanchili oshshowanchi-li	iloshshowanchi il-oshshowanchi	iloooshshowanchi iloo-oshshowanchi
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishoshshowanchi ish-oshshowanchi	hashoshshowanchi hash-oshshowanchi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	oshshowanchi	(hoo)oshshowanchi (hoo-)oshshowanchi

Derived terms

• oshshowahánchi
• oshshowanchichichi
• oshshowa̱sht hoyo
• oshshówwa̱'chi