alikchiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From alikchi (“to act as a doctor”) +‎ -ꞌ (noun-forming verb suffix), from Proto-Muskogean *alikci. Compare Choctaw alikchi, Mikasuki elèkuji, Creek vlekcv, Koasati alikchi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.likˈt͡ʃiʔ/

Noun

alikchiꞌ (alienable)

  1. doctor, physician

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p- Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") amalikchiꞌ
am-alikchiꞌ		 pomalikchiꞌ
pom-alikchiꞌ		 hapomalikchiꞌ
hapom-alikchiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your") chimalikchiꞌ
chim-alikchiꞌ		 hachimalikchiꞌ
hachim-alikchiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") imalikchiꞌ
im-alikchiꞌ

Derived terms

  • alikchihooꞌ
  • alikchimmiꞌ
  • alikchi̱shokcha
  • ishkin imalikchiꞌ
  • ittiꞌ alikchiꞌ
  • naalhpoobimalikchiꞌ
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