balaafkaꞌ

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• balaafokhaꞌ

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