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lapish

Chickasaw

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *lapi.

Noun

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lapish

  1. antenna(s)
  2. horn(s)

Descendants

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  • Mobilian: lapish

Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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  • lạpish (Byington/Swanton, obsolete linguistic)
  • lvpish (traditional)
  • lapiš (Mississippi)

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *lapi, or from *i-lapi (stress on the penultimate syllable suggests the latter as it would have been inherently possessed earlier). Cognate with Chickasaw lapish, Alabama illapihchi

Noun

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lapish (accent lápish, in/alienable)

  1. horn
  2. trumpet

Declension

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variable class agreement (in/alienable)
possessive prefix
person singular paucal plural
1st salapish
a̱lapish		 pilapish
pi̱lapish		 hapilapish
hapi̱lapish
2nd chilapish
chi̱lapish		 hachilapish
hachi̱lapish
3rd lapish
i̱lapish
absolute nominative accusative oblique
neutral lapish lapishat lapisha̱ lapishak
contrastive lapishakō lapishakōsh lapishako̱ lapishakakō
lapishato lapishano
focus lapishō lapishakō
lapishōsh lapisho̱
-ma
"that, there" 		-pa
"this, here" 		-kia
"also, too" 		-ba
"only" 		-ōk
"but" 		-akhī
pejorative
lapishma lapishpa lapish(ak)kia lapishba lapishōk lapishakhī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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