nitaꞌ

See also: nita, Nita, nitʼą́, and níta

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• nita (Humes)

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw nita (“bear”), Koasati nita (“bear”)

Noun

nitaꞌ (alienable)

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