nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ

Chickasaw

Etymology

From nitaꞌ (“bear”) +‎ aa (“place”) +‎ kapassa (“cold”) +‎ aa-asha (“to make oneꞌs home in a place”) +‎ -ꞌ (noun-forming verb suffix).

Noun

nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ (alienable)

1. polar bear

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")	a̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ a̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ	po̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ po̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ	hapo̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ hapo̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ chi̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ	hachi̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ hachi̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ i̠-nitaꞌ aakapassaa-ashaꞌ

Synonyms

• falammi nitaꞌ
• nitaꞌ tohbiꞌ