bíyyi'ka

Chickasaw

Etymology

Y-grade of biika ("to be just, only").

Verb

bíyyi'ka (auxiliary)

  1. used after a verb with the modal suffix -a'hi to express ability ("can") to do/perform the action/event/state expressed by the main verb.
  2. used after an n-grade or hn-grade verb to express "all the time", "always").
  3. used after number verbs to mean "all around", "scattered".
  • -a'hi (will with belief/conviction)

Verb

bíyyi'ka (stative, transitive)

  1. to have (something) all over (itself/oneself)

Inflection
Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) sabíyyi'ka
sa-bíyyi'ka		pobíyyi'ka
po-bíyyi'ka		hapobíyyi'ka
hapo-bíyyi'ka
2nd-person (you, you all) chibíyyi'ka
chi-bíyyi'ka		hachibíyyi'ka
hachi-bíyyi'ka
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) bíyyi'ka(hoo)bíyyi'ka
(hoo-)bíyyi'ka
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