pimmi

Choctaw

Etymology

From pim-

Pronoun

pimmi (first-person paucal)

  1. (now chiefly Oklahoma Choctaw, archaic in Mississippi Choctaw) ours, us few's

Inflection

emphatic possessive‡
singularpaucalpluralsingularpaucalplural
first-person ano
sashno
pishnohapishnoammipimmihapimmi
second-person chishnohachishnochimmihachimmi
third-person yammailap
Recent analogous formation in Mississippi Choctaw. Considered substandard.
First- and second-person are archaic in Mississippi Choctaw, where the emphatic pronouns are used for possession instead.
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