khekárias

Mohawk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-North Iroquoian *-kari- or Proto-North Iroquoian *-karj-, both from Proto-Iroquoian *-kar-.

Verb

khekárias

1. I bite her/it
2. I destroy it

Derived terms

• Ranatakárias (“president of the United States”)

References

• Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎^[1], University of Manitoba, page 502
• Michelson, Gunther, Michelson, Karin, Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024) A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, page 203