ak-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Choctaw

Prefix

ak- (class N first-person singular)

  1. the subject of a hortative verb
    let me
  2. the subject of a negative active transitive verb
    I don't
  3. the subject of a negative active intransitive verb
    I don't

Inflection

Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+s +C +V +C/i +a/o +C +V +C +V +C +V
first-person singular initial -li sa- si- a̱- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa- -sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi̱- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi̱- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi̱- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi̱- hachim- hachik- ho- oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i̱- im- ik-

Crow

Prefix

ak-

  1. who (relativizer)
  2. Forms agentive nouns from verbs.

Derived terms

References

  • Graczyk, Randolph (2007) A Grammar of Crow, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 47, 254
  • Reed, Jr., George (September 1974) Dictionary of the Crow Language‎[1], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pages 24–25

Garo

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Prefix

ak-

  1. classifier for people, occasionally for ghosts, spirits, gods.

Mohawk

Alternative forms

  • ake- (before n-, r-, w-, and ’-stems)
  • akw- (before a-stems)

Prefix

ak-

  1. first person singular possessive prefix
    my ______

References

  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 198

Mokilese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak-/

Prefix

ak-

  1. displaying the characteristics of
  2. pretending to be

Usage notes

The ak- prefix is added onto stative verbs in order to create new stative verbs. Therefore, siksik (“to be small”) becomes aksiksik (“to be humble”).

Pohnpeian

Prefix

ak-

  1. (attached to a noun or adjective, chiefly of a person) exhibiting or demonstrating qualities relating to the base word
    ‎ak- + ‎lemei (“cruelty”) → ‎aklemei (“cruel”)
    ‎ak- + ‎ohl (“male, man”) → ‎akohl (“masculine, macho”)
    ‎ak- + ‎tikitik (“small”) → ‎aktikitik (“humble”)

References

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