shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From shokhaꞌ (“pig/hog”) +‎ nipiꞌ (“meat”).

Noun

shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ (alienable)

1. pork

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")	a̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ a̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ	po̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ po̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ	hapo̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ hapo̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ chi̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ	hachi̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ hachi̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ i̠-shokhaꞌ nipiꞌ