bíyyiꞌka

Chickasaw

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bíj.jiʔ.ka/

Verb

bíyyiꞌka (auxiliary)

  1. used after a verb with the modal suffix -aꞌhi 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".
  • -aꞌhi (“will with belief/conviction”)

Verb

bíyyiꞌka

  1. (stative, transitive, nominal object) to have (something) all over (itself/oneself)

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) sabíyyiꞌka
sa-bíyyiꞌka		 pobíyyiꞌka
po-bíyyiꞌka		 hapobíyyiꞌka
hapo-bíyyiꞌka
2nd-person (you, you all) chibíyyiꞌka
chi-bíyyiꞌka		 hachibíyyiꞌka
hachi-bíyyiꞌka
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) bíyyiꞌka (hoo)bíyyiꞌka
(hoo-)bíyyiꞌka
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