nakfish

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw nakfish.

Noun

nakfish (inalienable, obligatory possession)

  1. 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

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

Etymology

Compare nakfi (“brother (of a woman)”)

Noun

nakfish (transcription nakfísh, inalienable)

  1. (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

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
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