-a’
Mohawk
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-a’
- noun suffix
Notes
[edit]The ’ is left unwritten when at the end of a word
Ojibwe
[edit]Final
[edit]-a’
- act on using a tool or medium
- sing (something)
Derived terms
[edit]- gaandaʼan (“push”)
- gaandakiiʼan (“pole (push a boat forward using a pole)”)
- gibaakwaʼan (“shut, block, dam, as or with something stick-like or wooden”)
- mooka’am (“(the sun) rises, it is sunrise”)
References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/a-final-1458
Oneida
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-a’
- noun suffix
References
[edit]Karin Michelson, Norma Kennedy, Mercy Doxtator (2016) Glimpses of Oneida Life, University of Toronto, page 360