alba homiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From alba (“weed”) +‎ homi (“to be bitter”) +‎ -ꞌ (“noun-forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ba ho.miʔ/

Noun

alba homiꞌ (alienable)

1. bitterweed

   Synonym: alba laknaꞌ

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amalba homiꞌ am-alba homiꞌ	pomalba homiꞌ pom-alba homiꞌ	hapomalba homiꞌ hapom-alba homiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimalba homiꞌ chim-alba homiꞌ	hachimalba homiꞌ hachim-alba homiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imalba homiꞌ im-alba homiꞌ