-a'hi bíyyi'ka

Chickasaw

Etymology

From -a'hi (verb suffix meaning "will with belief") +‎ bíyyi'ka (auxiliary meaning "all the time").

Suffix

-a'hi bíyyi'ka

  1. Modal verb suffix -a'hi combined with the auxiliary bíyyi'ka together meaning that the action/state/event expressed by the verb they are used with is able to or can happen, is capable of or has the possibility of happening.
  • -a'cho̠ (“will with certainty”)
  • -a'hi (“will with belief”)
  • -a'ni (“will with uncertainty, may, might, could”)
  • bíyyi'ka (“always, all the time”)
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