naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From naafka (“clothing”) +‎ -ꞌ (suffix for forming compound words?) +‎ tapa (“to be cut of”) +‎ -ꞌ (nominalizing verb suffix).

Noun

naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ (alienable)

  1. skirt

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
1st-person ("my, our") a̠naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
a̠-naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ		 po̠naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
po̠-naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ		 hapo̠naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
hapo̠-naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your") chi̠naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
chi̠-naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ		 hachi̠naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
hachi̠-naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") i̠naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ
i̠-naafkaꞌ tapaꞌ

Synonyms

  • alhkonaꞌ
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