-a’
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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