okasu
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Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
okasu
Narragansett[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Massachusett ókas, ohkas, ꝏkas (“mother”). Possibly meaning "he comes from her", cf. osh.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
okásu
Declension[edit]
Declension of okasu (animate, 2 forms attested)
singular | plural | locative | |
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unpossessed | *okas okásu |
*okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
possessed forms | |||
first-person (my) | nókace | *n'okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *n'okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
second-person (your) | *k'okas | *k'okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *k'okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
third-person (his, her) | *w'okas | *w'okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) | *w'okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
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Further reading[edit]
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 28