ak-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Choctaw

Prefix

ak- (class N first-person singular)

1. the subject of a hortative verb

   let me

2. the subject of a negative active transitive verb

   I don't

3. the subject of a negative active intransitive verb

   I don't

Inflection

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
		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-

Crow

Prefix

ak-

1. who (relativizer)
2. Forms agentive nouns from verbs.

Derived terms

• akbaakuxshí
• akbaalaxchí
• Akbaatatdía
• akbaawaaláachaalee
• akbaaxuawishiiwishée
• akbaaóchipchi
• akbaleeilíiaachiwi
• akbaleeluushí
• akbiláachia
• akbinnawó
• akbishxáxxilia
• akbíile
• akchishéeleeleeta
• akchií
• akdisshí
• akdútchileeteeta
• akdúxxiiikuchki
• akhiláwi
• akihchilakkaashí
• akihchixachíi
• akilíihaawi
• akkummí
• akíssatdee

 

References

• Graczyk, Randolph (2007) A Grammar of Crow, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 47, 254
• Reed, Jr., George (September 1974) Dictionary of the Crow Language‎^[1], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pages 24–25

Garo

Alternative forms

• sak-

Etymology

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Prefix

ak-

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

Mohawk

Alternative forms

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

Prefix

ak-

1. first person singular possessive prefix

   my ______

References

• Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 198