ashiila

Chickasaw

Etymology

From a- (applicative verb prefix) +‎ shila (“to dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʃiː.la/

Verb

ashiila

1. (active voice, transitive, nominal subject, class II object) to coat, to melt into, to stick onto, to dry onto
2. (stative, transitive, nominal object + -at) to have sticking onto one

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	ashiilali ashiila-li	ilashiila il-ashiila	ilooashiila iloo-ashiila
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishashiila ish-ashiila	hashashiila hash-ashiila
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	ashiila	(hoo)ashiila (hoo-)ashiila

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs starting in a-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	asashiila asa-shiila	aposhiila apo-shiila	aposhiila apo-shiila
2nd-person (you, you all)	achishiila achi-shiila	achishiila achi-shiila
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	ashiila	(hoo)ashiila (hoo-)ashiila

Noun

ashiila (alienable)

1. soup, stew
2. dumpling
3. mush

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amashiila am-ashiila	pomashiila pom-ashiila	hapomashiila hapom-ashiila
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimashiila chim-ashiila	hachimashiila hachim-ashiila
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imashiila im-ashiila

Derived terms

• akankishtashiila
• tanchishtashiilaꞌ