imihoo

Chickasaw

Etymology

From im- (alienable possessive prefix) +‎ ihoo (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.hoː/

Noun

imihoo (alienable)

1. wife

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amihoo am-ihoo	pomihoo pom-ihoo	hapomihoo hapom-ihoo
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimihoo chim-ihoo	hachimihoo hachim-ihoo
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imihoo im-ihoo

Derived terms

• Siitanat imihoo fammi