ish-

See also: ish

Albanian

Prefix

ish-

  1. former

Chickasaw

Prefix

ish- (class I second-person singular)

  1. The subject of an active verb.
    you, thou
    Ishimpa.
    You are eating.
  2. The subject of a negative imperative verb.
    Hilha! → Ishhilhanna!
    Dance! → Don't dance!

Preverb

ish-

  1. alternative form of isht- (“with, about”) preverb before a consonant

Choctaw

Prefix

ish- (before s is-, class I second-person singular)

  1. the subject of an active transitive verb
    you, thou
  2. the subject of an intransitive active verb
    you, thou
  3. the subject of a negative imperative verb
    Kopōlih! → Ishkopōlinna!
    Bite it! → Don't bite it!

Inflection

Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+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-
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