iskannoꞌsi

Chickasaw

Etymology

From *iskanno (“to be small”) +‎ -oꞌsi (“diminutive verb suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.kan.noʔ.si/

Verb

iskannoꞌsi (singular subject)

  1. (stative, intransitive) to be small, to be little, to be tiny, to be petite

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs beginning with i-
(Initial « i » deletion). 		Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) saskannoꞌsi
sa-skannoꞌsi		 poskannoꞌsi
po-skannoꞌsi		 haposkannoꞌsi
hapo-skannoꞌsi
2nd-person (you, you all) chiskannoꞌsi
chi-skannoꞌsi		 hachiskannoꞌsi
hachi-skannoꞌsi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) iskannoꞌsi (hoo)iskannoꞌsi
(hoo-)iskannoꞌsi

Derived terms

  • ishkalashaꞌ iskannoꞌsi
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