shila
Chickasaw
Etymology
Cognate with Choctaw dry
Adjective
shila
- dry
Verb
shila (stative, intransitive)
- to dry
- to become dry
Inflection
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st-person (I, we) | sashila sa-shila | poshila po-shila | haposhila hapo-shila |
2nd-person (you, you all) | chishila chi-shila | hachishila hachi-shila | |
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | shila | (hoo)shila (hoo-)shila |
Related terms
- shilili
Choctaw
Etymology
Cognate with Chickasaw shila (“dry”)
Adjective
shila
- dry
- arid
- hoarse
- mealy
- dried, cured, evaporated, withered
Verb
shila
- to dry
- to become dry
- to cure (meat)
- to season (of wood)
- to bake (of earth)
- to evaporate
- to wither
Alternative forms
- šila
Romani
Noun
shila
- nominative plural of shil