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Mohawk
Prefix
wak-
- pronominal prefix for
- I ____ (patient)
- She/It ____ me
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Initial consonant
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| Environment |
t/s/h/k |
n/r/w/’ |
a |
e/en |
o/on |
i |
y
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| Word-Initial
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wak- |
wake- |
wak- |
wak- |
wak- |
wak- |
wat-
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References
- Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 10
- Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages 303, 383
Oneida
Prefix
wak-
- pronominal prefix for
- I ____ (patient)
- She/It ____ me
References
- Floyd Lounsbury (1953) “Chapter 5, Table 6: Pronominal Prefixes”, in Oneida Verb Morphology, Yale University Press