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- a- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa--sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi- hachim- hachik- ho-oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i- im- ik-

Crow

Prefix

ak-

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

Derived terms

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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pages 24–25

Garo

Alternative forms

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
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