bíyyiꞌka

Chickasaw

Y-grade of biika (“to be just, only”).

bíyyiꞌka (auxiliary)

used after a verb with the modal suffix -aꞌhi to express ability ("can") to do/perform the action/event/state expressed by the main verb.
used after an n-grade or hn-grade verb to express "all the time", "always").
used after number verbs to mean "all around", "scattered".

bíyyiꞌka

(stative, transitive, nominal object) to have (something) all over (itself/oneself)

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)


Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	sabíyyiꞌka sa-bíyyiꞌka	pobíyyiꞌka po-bíyyiꞌka	hapobíyyiꞌka hapo-bíyyiꞌka
2nd-person (you, you all)	chibíyyiꞌka chi-bíyyiꞌka	hachibíyyiꞌka hachi-bíyyiꞌka
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	bíyyiꞌka	(hoo)bíyyiꞌka (hoo-)bíyyiꞌka