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-aꞌka

[ah-kah]

suffix

LanguageChickasaw

Meaning
  1. Short form of the modal verb suffix -aꞌhi bíyyiꞌka meaning "can", "able", "capable", "possible".
  2. can
  3. This is a shorter version of the suffix -aꞌhi bíyyiꞌka. It is used to show that something is possible or that someone is able to do something.
Examples

Isanompolaꞌka.

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Pronunciationah-kah

Part of speechsuffix

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Usage noteUse this when you want a shorter way to say that something is possible.

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-aꞌka in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.