biniili

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Choctaw binili, Alabama biniili (“to go visit”), Koasati biniililaho̱ (“will visit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.níː.li/

Verb

biniili

  1. (active voice, intransitive, singular or dual subject) to sit down
  2. (active voice, transitive, singular or dual subject) to sit down in

Inflection
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) biniilili
biniili-li		iibiniili / iliibiniili / liibiniili
ii-biniili / ilii-biniili / lii-biniili		iloobiniili
iloo-biniili
2nd-person (you, you all) ishbiniili
ish-biniili		hashbiniili
hash-biniili
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) biniili(hoo)biniili
(hoo-)biniili

Derived terms
  • aaombiniiliꞌ
  • biniichi
  • biniꞌcha loshka
  • binniní̱li
  • biní̱li
  • bínniꞌli
  • hobinili
  • ishtaabiniiliꞌ
  • ombiniili

Descendants
  • Mobilian: binili
  • → Alabama: (archaic) biniili (“to sit”)
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