nita' aakapassaa-asha'
Chickasaw
Etymology
From nita' (“bear”) + aa (“place”) + kapassa (“cold”) + aa-asha (“to make one's home in a place”) + ' (noun-forming verb suffix).
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") | a̠nita' aakapassaa-asha' a̠-nita' aakapassaa-asha' | po̠nita' aakapassaa-asha' po̠-nita' aakapassaa-asha' | hapo̠nita' aakapassaa-asha' hapo̠-nita' aakapassaa-asha' |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chi̠nita' aakapassaa-asha' chi̠-nita' aakapassaa-asha' | hachi̠nita' aakapassaa-asha' hachi̠-nita' aakapassaa-asha' | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | i̠nita' aakapassaa-asha' i̠-nita' aakapassaa-asha' | ||
Synonyms
- falammi nita'
- nita' tohbi'
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