balaafkaꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aballakaꞌ (“following, after”) +‎ aa- (locative prefix) +‎ fokha (“to put on”) ([contracted to -fka]) +‎ -ꞌ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.láːf.kaʔ/

Noun

balaafkaꞌ (alienable)

  1. pants, trousers
  2. underpants

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p- Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") ambalaafkaꞌ
am-balaafkaꞌ		 pombalaafkaꞌ
pom-balaafkaꞌ		 hapombalaafkaꞌ
hapom-balaafkaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your") chimbalaafkaꞌ
chim-balaafkaꞌ		 hachimbalaafkaꞌ
hachim-balaafkaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") imbalaafkaꞌ
im-balaafkaꞌ

Derived terms

  • balaafkaꞌ chawwalaꞌ
  • balaafkaꞌ tobaꞌ
  • balaafokchamaliꞌ
  • imbalaafkaꞌ o̱hoshowa
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