ishtayya

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

From isht- +‎ aya (“to go”). Compare Choctaw isht aya, ishtia, Alabama istàaya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʃt.aj.ja/

Verb

ishtayya

  1. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to drive
  2. (active voice, ditransitive, nominal indirect object) to take to, to bring to
  3. (active voice, intransitive, with a preceding same-subject verbal complement suffixed with -t) to start to, to begin to
  4. (auxiliary, with a preceding class II or III verbal complement suffixed with -t) to get, to start, to begin

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a vowel. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) ishtayyali
ishtayya-li		 ishtilayya
isht-il-ayya		 ishtilooayya
isht-iloo-ayya
2nd-person (you, you all) ishtishayya
isht-ish-ayya		 ishthashayya
isht-hash-ayya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) ishtayya
 isht(hoo)ayya
isht-(hoo-)ayya

Derived terms

  • hashiꞌat kaniyat ishtaya
  • holisso ishtayaꞌ
  • ishtahá̱ya
  • ishtayachi
  • pihliꞌshcha ishtaya
  • piichit ishtaya
  • tikbaꞌ ishtaya
  • tingbaꞌ ishtaya
  • toomi pallit ishtayya
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