ak-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"
Choctaw[edit]
Prefix[edit]
ak- (class N first-person singular)
- the subject of a hortative verb
- let me
- the subject of a negative active transitive verb
- I don't
- the subject of a negative active intransitive verb
- I don't
Inflection[edit]
Choctaw Person Markers
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
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+s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
Crow[edit]
Prefix[edit]
ak-
- who (relativizer)
- Forms agentive nouns from verbs.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Graczyk, Randolph (2007) A Grammar of Crow, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 47, 254
- Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language[1], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pages 24–25
Garo[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Prefix[edit]
ak-
- classifier for people, occasionally for ghosts, spirits, gods.
Mohawk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Prefix[edit]
ak-
- first person singular possessive prefix
- my ______
References[edit]
- Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 198
Mokilese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
ak-
- displaying the characteristics of
- pretending to be
Usage notes[edit]
The ak- prefix is added onto stative verbs in order to create new stative verbs. Therefore, siksik (“to be small”) becomes aksiksik (“to be humble”).