kaná:ta

See also: Kaná:ta, kanata, Kanata, Kānata, and káňata

Mohawk

Etymology

From Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnaːda/

Noun

kaná:ta (stem nat)

1. village
2. town
3. settlement

Inflection

Possessive forms of kaná:ta

Possessive

Person	Sing.	Dual	Plur.
1st	akená:ta	onkeniná:ta	onkwaná:ta
2nd	saná:ta	seniná:ta	sewaná:ta
3rd	raoná:ta akoná:ta aoná:ta	raotiná:ta aotiná:ta

Negative possessive

Person	Sing.	Dual	Plur.
1st	tewakená:ta	teionkeniná:ta	teionkwaná:ta
2nd	tesaná:ta	teseniná:ta	tesewaná:ta
3rd	tehoná:ta teioná:ta teiakoná:ta	tehotiná:ta teiotiná:ta

Derived terms

• Ranatakárias (“president of the United States”)

See also

• Canada

References

• Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎^[1], University of Manitoba, page 514