ak-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"
ChoctawEdit
PrefixEdit
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
InflectionEdit
Choctaw Person Markers
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
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+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 | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
CrowEdit
PrefixEdit
ak-
- who (relativizer)
- Forms agentive nouns from verbs.
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
GaroEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PrefixEdit
ak-
- classifier for people, occasionally for ghosts, spirits, gods.
MohawkEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PrefixEdit
ak-
- first person singular possessive prefix
- my ______
ReferencesEdit
- Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 198