tilhili

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• tilhiili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ɬi.li/

Verb

tilhili (active, class II plural object)

1. (transitive) to send away, to send back
2. (transitive) to scare off
3. (transitive) to make run, to run off
4. (transitive) to fire

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	tilhilili tilhili-li	iitilhili / iliitilhili / liitilhili ii-tilhili / ilii-tilhili / lii-tilhili	ilootilhili iloo-tilhili
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishtilhili ish-tilhili	hashtilhili hash-tilhili
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	tilhili	(hoo)tilhili (hoo-)tilhili

Derived terms

• intilhili
• ittintilhili
• pittilhili
• sholop tilhi'li'
• tilhihí̱li

 

Related terms

• tilhaa
• chaffichi (“to send away”) (singular object)
• malichi (“to make run”) (singular object)