foshi' homma'
Chickasaw
Etymology
From foshi' (“bird”) + homma (“to be red”) + -' (nominalizing verb suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fo.ʃiʔ hom.maʔ/
Noun
foshi' homma' (alienable)
- redbird
- (less common) 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- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
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1st-person ("my, our") | a̠foshi' homma' a̠-foshi' homma' | po̠foshi' homma' po̠-foshi' homma' | hapo̠foshi' homma' hapo̠-foshi' homma' |
2nd-person ("thy, your") | chi̠foshi' homma' chi̠-foshi' homma' | hachi̠foshi' homma' hachi̠-foshi' homma' | |
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | i̠foshi' homma' i̠-foshi' homma' |
Derived terms
- foshhommak