Ranatakárias
Mohawk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ra- (“pronominal prefix”) + -nat- (“town”) + -a- + -kari- (“to destroy (transitive)”) + -as (“habitual suffix”), literally “He destroys the town”.
Proper noun
[edit]Ranatakárias
- president of the United States
Derived terms
[edit]- Ranatakariáhsne (“Washington, D.C.”)
References
[edit]- Michelson, Gunther, Michelson, Karin, Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024) A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, pages 203, 226