issoba

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• soba (short form)

Etymology

From issi' (“deer”) +‎ ahooba (“to look like, ressemble, seem like”).

Noun

issoba (alienable)

1. horse

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amissoba am-issoba	pomissoba pom-issoba	hapomissoba hapom-issoba
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimissoba chim-issoba	hachimissoba hachim-issoba
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imissoba im-issoba

Derived terms

• issoba ipa̱shiʼ

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• Spelling variants
  • isuba, issuba (traditional)
  • issoba', issóba' (academic)
• soba

Etymology

From issi (“deer”) +‎ holba (“alike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪs.sʊ́ba(ʔ)/

Noun

issoba (transcription issóba', alienable)

1. horse