kén:ton’

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Mohawk[edit]

Verb[edit]

kén:ton’

  1. it means
    • 1976, Mary Nicholas and Carolee Jacobs, “Kaienterehstahkhwa’ [Omens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón:’a [Mohawk Stories], page 113:
      Tóka’ ensathón:te’ne’ ónhka’k taienken’to’ókhon’ tánon’ iáh ónhka’ té:ien’s né kén:ton’ tsi ónhka’k eniaíheie’
      If you hear someone knocking and no one is there, that means that someone will die