kanó:ron

Mohawk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-North Iroquoian *-noɹõ- (“to find difficult, to be valuable”) from Proto-Iroquoian *-nuːɹõ- (“to be difficult, to fail to do”).

Verb

kanó:ron (incorporating form -noron-)

1. it is expensive/precious

Derived terms

• konnorónhkhwa’

References

• Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 174
• Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎^[1], University of Manitoba, page 526