nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From nitaꞌ (“bear”) +‎ aa (“place”) +‎ kapassa (“cold”) +‎ aa-asha (“to make oneꞌs home in a place”) +‎ -ꞌ (noun-forming verb suffix).

Noun

nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ (alienable)

  1. polar bear

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") a̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
a̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ		 po̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
po̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ		 hapo̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
hapo̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your") chi̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
chi̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ		 hachi̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
hachi̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") i̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
i̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ

Synonyms

  • falammi nitaꞌ
  • nitaꞌ tohbiꞌ
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