fammi

Chickasaw

Etymology

Analyzable as fama (“to be whipped”) +‎ -li (transitive-forming verb suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fam.mi/

Verb

fammi

  1. (active voice, transitive) to whip

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) fammili
fammi-li		 iifammi / iliifammi / liifammi
ii-fammi / ilii-fammi / lii-fammi		 iloofammi
iloo-fammi
2nd-person (you, you all) ishfammi
ish-fammi		 hashfammi
hash-fammi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) fammi (hoo)fammi
(hoo-)fammi

Derived terms

  • afammi
  • fahá̱mmi
  • fammichi
  • fáꞌmmi
  • ibaafammi
  • Siitanat irnihoo fammi
  • sintiꞌ hattak fammiꞌ
  • soba ishfammiꞌ

Italian

Etymology

From fa' +‎ mi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfam.mi/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ammi
  • Hyphenation: fàm‧mi

Verb

fammi

  1. compound of fa', the second-person singular imperative form of fare, with mi

References

  1. ^ poco in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
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