Kanienʼkehá:ka’
(Redirected from Kanien'kehá:ka)
See also: Kanienkehaka
Mohawk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Kanienʼkehá:ka
- The Mohawk people
- 1976, Josephine Horne, “Tharonhiawa:kon [The Holder of the Heavens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón:’a [Mohawk Stories], pages 94-95:
- Aié:wate’ akwé nontá:rehte’ ne wísk nihononhwentsá:ke, Kanien’kehá:ka’, Oneniothá:ka’, Ononta’kehá:ka’, Kaio’konhá:ka’, tánon’ Shotinontowane’há:ka’
- Hiawatha went to the five nations: Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Kanienkehaka
- → French: Agniers