iksho

Chickasaw

Etymology

Negation of *asha (cf. Choctaw asha (“to live in”). Compare Choctaw iksho, Alabama íkso, Creek -eko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ík.ʃo/

Verb

iksho

  1. (stative, intransitive) to not be, to not exist
  2. (stative, intransitive) to not be there

Inflection

Class II verb subjects with negation
Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) iksaksho
ik-sa-ksho		 ikpoksho
ik-po-kshoo		 ikhapoksho
ik-hapo-ksho
2nd-person (you, you all) ikchiksho
ik-chi-ksho		 ikhachiksho
ik-hachi-ksho
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) iksho
iksho		 ik(hoo)ksho
ik-(hoo-)ksho

Derived terms

    • aa-akshoꞌ
    • hasimbish ikshoꞌ
    • ikimiksho
    • ikshokat
    • iksho̱
    • imaanokfila-at iksho
    • inchokkikshoꞌ
    • nannakya iksho
    • nannookya iksho
    • ootiksho
    • oshiꞌ ikshoꞌ
    • pankiꞌ nihikshoꞌ
    • paskinkanoꞌmikshoꞌ
    • ínksho
    • îksho

Descendants

  • Mobilian: iksho

Mobilian

Etymology

Inherited from Chickasaw iksho and Choctaw iksho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈkʃu/

Interjection

iksho[1]

  1. no

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • -ksho

References

  1. ^ Kaufman, David (2017) Mobilian Trade Language Phrasebook and Lexicon, Exploration Press, →ISBN
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