Kanienʼkehá:ka’

See also: Kanienkehaka

Mohawk

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanjʌ̃ʔɡɛˈhaːɡa/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Proper noun

Kanienʼkehá:ka

1. The Mohawk people
   • 1976, Josephine Horne, “Tharonhiawa:kon [The Holder of the Heavens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón:’a [Mohawk Stories], pages 94-95:

     Aié:wate’ akwé nontá:rehte’ ne wísk nihononhwentsá:ke, Kanien’kehá:ka’, Oneniothá:ka’, Ononta’kehá:ka’, Kaio’konhá:ka’, tánon’ Shotinontowane’há:ka’

     Hiawatha went to the five nations: Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca

Descendants

• → English: Kanienkehaka
• → French: Agniers