nakfish
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Chickasaw[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
nakfish (inalienable, obligatory possession)
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare nakfi (“brother (of a woman)”)
Noun[edit]
nakfish (transcription nakfísh, inalienable)
- (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[edit]
| 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 |