foshiꞌ hommaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From foshiꞌ (“bird”) +‎ homma (“to be red”) +‎ -ꞌ (nominalizing verb suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fo.ʃiʔ hom.maʔ/

Noun

foshiꞌ hommaꞌ (alienable)

  1. redbird
  2. (rare) cardinal

Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-,
or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-		 SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") a̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
a̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ		po̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
po̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ		hapo̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
hapo̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your") chi̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
chi̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ		hachi̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
hachi̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") i̠foshiꞌ hommaꞌ
i̠-foshiꞌ hommaꞌ

Derived terms
  • foshhommak
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