ittibaapishi
Chickasaw
Alternative forms
- tibaapishi (short form)
Etymology
From itti (“each other”) + ibaapishi (“to suckle together with”).
Noun
ittibaapishi (inalienable)
- sibling
Inflection
Class II Noun Possession (Inalienable)
Nouns starting in i- (Initial « i » deletion) | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
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1st-person ("my, our") | satibaapishi sa-tibaapishi | potibaapishi po-tibaapishi | hapotibaapishi hapo-tibaapishi |
2nd-person ("thy, your") | chitibaapishi chi-tibaapishi | hachitibaapishi hachi-tibaapishi | |
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | itibaapishi |
Verb
ittibaapishi (stative)
- to be siblings
- to be animals from a same litter
Inflection
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs beginning with i- (Initial « i » deletion). | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
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1st-person (I, we) | satibaapishi sa-tibaapishi | potibaapishi po-tibaapishi | hapotibaapishi hapo-tibaapishi |
2nd-person (you, you all) | chitibaapishi chi-tibaapishi | hachitibaapishi hachi-tibaapishi | |
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | itibaapishi | (hoo)itibaapishi (hoo-)itibaapishi |