nihá:ti

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Mohawk

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Preposition

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nihá:ti

  1. partitive word for masculine plural
    • 1976, Josephine Horne, “Tharonhiawa:kon [The Holder of the Heavens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón:’a [Mohawk Stories], page 96:
      Wísk-niwáhsen nihá:ti Rotiiá:ner wahontkennísa’ katsénhakon
      Fifty chiefs gathered around the council fire

References

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  • David R. Maracle (1992) One Thousand Useful Mohawk Words, Madison, CT: Audio Forum, page 49
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