chi-
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"
Choctaw
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefix
[edit]chi- (class II second-person singular)
- the direct object of an active transitive verb
- you
- the subject of a stative intransitive verb
- you
- indicates possession of a noun
- your
Usage notes
[edit]Class II person markers are used for possession only for a small set of words, mostly including kinship terms and body parts.
Inflection
[edit]Choctaw Person Markers
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
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+s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
Ojibwe
[edit]Preverb
[edit]chi-
- Alternative form of gichi-
Shona
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]chi-
- Class 7 noun prefix.