onatsakén:ra

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Mohawk

Noun

onatsakén:ra

  1. rice
    • 1976, Josephine Horne, “Tharonhiawa:kon [The Holder of the Heavens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón:’a [Mohawk Stories], page 90:
      Tahshakó:ion’ ne ó:nenhste’ wahshakona’tón:hase’ ka’ nón nahatitshén:ri’ ne onatsakén:ra, o’nionkseri, osahé:ta’, tánon’ onon’ónsera’.
      He gave them the corn, showed them where they would find rice, onions, beans and squash