eckuce

Creek

Etymology

From ecke (“his/her mother”) +‎ -uce (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪt͡ʃkʊd͡ʒɪ́]
• Hyphenation: ec‧ku‧ce

Noun

eckuce

1. his/her maternal aunt

Inflection

Possessive inflection of eckuce (inalienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	cvckuce	pockuce
Second person	ceckuce
Third person	eckuce
Indefinite	esteckuce

References

• J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 21
• J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 135