ittafama

Chickasaw

Etymology

From itti- (“each other”) +‎ afama (“to meet”).

Verb

ittafama (active, in/transitive)

1. to meet
2. to meet together
3. to meet each other
4. to have a meeting (plural subject)
5. to get together (with someone or a group)
6. to have a fight with sth/sb
7. to defend oneself against sth/sb
8. to have a run-in with sb

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	ittafamali ittafama-li	ilittafama il-ittafama	ilooittafama iloo-ittafama
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishittafama ish-ittafama	hashittafama hash-ittafama
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	ittafama	(hoo)ittafama (hoo-)ittafama

Derived terms

• ittafama' (meeting)