abooshi'

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• aboshi

Etymology

abooha (“house”) +‎ -oshiꞌ (diminutive-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈboː.ʃiʔ/

Noun

abooshiꞌ (alienable)

1. diminutive of abooha (“house”)
2. bathroom, outhouse
3. closet

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amabooshiꞌ am-abooshiꞌ	pomabooshiꞌ pom-abooshiꞌ	hapomabooshiꞌ hapom-abooshiꞌ
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimabooshiꞌ chim-abooshiꞌ	hachimabooshiꞌ hachim-abooshiꞌ
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imabooshiꞌ im-abooshiꞌ

Derived terms

• abooshiꞌ aya