chilita
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Chickasaw[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly cognate with Alabama chiliita (“to want to go”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
chilita
- (active voice, intransitive) to try, to keep on, to persevere
Inflection[edit]
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
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1st-person (I, we) | chilitali chilita-li |
iichilita / iliichilita / liichilita ii-chilita / ilii-chilita / lii-chilita |
iloochilita iloo-chilita |
2nd-person (you, you all) | ishchilita ish-chilita |
hashchilita hash-chilita | |
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | chilita | (hoo)chilita (hoo-)chilita |