Reconstruction:Proto-Iroquoian/ijiː
Proto-Iroquoian
editAlternative forms
edit*ij before vowels in deverbalized nouns and some ( dependent? ) verb forms; *ijiː before consonants in deverbalized nouns and some ( dependent? ) verb forms; *n before vowels elsewhere; *ni ( probably ) before consonants elsewhere.
Suffix
edit*ijiː
Descendants
edit- Northern Iroquoian:
- Mohawk: ni-
References
edit- Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages[1], University of Manitoba, page 344