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
			+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
	singular	medial	-li			sa-	si-	-sa-	-sam-	ak-
	paucal		ī-		il-	pi-		pi̱-	pim-	kī-	kil-
	plural		ī-		il-	hapi-		hapi̱-	hapim-	kī-	kil-
second-person	singular		is-	ish-		chi-		chi̱-	chim-	chik-		∅
second-person	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

sak-

Etymology edit

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Prefix edit

ak-

classifier for people, occasionally for ghosts, spirits, gods.

Mohawk edit

Alternative forms edit

ake- (before n-, r-, w-, and ’-stems)
akw- (before a-stems)

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

IPA^(key): /ak-/

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”).