ishki

Choctaw

Alternative forms
  • iški (Mississippi)
  • ishki' (Modified traditional)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ičkiCi. Cognate with Chickasaw ishki', Alabama iki, Creek icki

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪʃkí/
  • Academic transcription: ishkí'

Noun

ishki (inalienable–class II agreement)

  1. (obligatory possessive) mother, maternal aunt
    his mother, her mother, its mother, their mother
    his aunt, her aunt, its aunt, their aunt
  2. (indicates possession by a preceding noun)
    (someone)'s mother, of a mother, of the mother
    (someone)'s aunt, of an aunt, of the aunt
    Oshi ishki
    The son's mother

Declension
possessive (inalienable) singularpaucalplural
first-person ("my, our") hashki
sashki		pishkihapishki
second-person ("thy, your") chishkihachishki
third-person ("his, her, its, their") ishki
Traditional spelling
possessive (inalienable) singularpaucalplural
first-person ("my, our") hvshki
svshki		pishkihvpishki
second-person ("thy, your") chishki
chishke		hachishki
third-person ("his, her, its, their") ishki
  • iki (“father”)
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