shatanni

Chickasaw

Etymology

From Proto-Muskogean *satani. Compare Choctaw shatanni and Alabama satani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.tan.ni/

Noun

shatanni (alienable)

1. tick (arachnid)

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	a̠shatanni a̠-shatanni	po̠shatanni po̠-shatanni	hapo̠shatanni hapo̠-shatanni
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠shatanni chi̠-shatanni	hachi̠shatanni hachi̠-shatanni
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠shatanni i̠-shatanni

Derived terms

• issi' i̱shatanni
• ofi' i̱shatanni
• shatanni afammi'
• Shatanni Hilha'
• shatanni nihi'
• shatannoshi'

 

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• shatvnni

Etymology

From Proto-Muskogean *satani. Compare Chickasaw shatanni and Alabama satani.

Noun

shatanni

1. tick (arachnid)
2. wood tick

Derived terms

• shatannushi (“seed tick”)