chili̱saꞌ

See also: chilisa

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• chilisa (Humes' spelling)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.lĩː.saʔ/

Noun

chili̱saꞌ (alienable)

1. chipmunk
2. (rare) flying squirrel

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in ch-, k-, t-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	anchili̱saꞌ an-chili̱saꞌ	ponchili̱saꞌ pon-chili̱saꞌ	haponchili̱saꞌ hapon-chili̱saꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chinchili̱saꞌ chin-chili̱saꞌ	hachinchili̱saꞌ hachin-chili̱saꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	inchili̱saꞌ in-chili̱saꞌ