mahkwa
Fox
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *maθkwa.
Noun
mahkwa
- bear
Inflection
Inflection of mahkwa
| Unpossessed | Singular Noun | Plural Noun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximate | mahkwa | mahkwaki | |||
| Obviative | mahkwani | mahkwahi | |||
| Vocative | mahkwe | mahkotike | |||
| Local | mahkoki | ||||
| Possessed | Singular Noun | Plural Noun | |||
| Singular Possessive | Plural Possessive | Singular Possessive | Plural Possessive | ||
| First person | Proximate | nemahkoma | nemahkomenâna | nemahkomaki | nemahkomenânaki |
| Obviative | nemahkomani | nemahkomenânani | nemahkomahi | nemahkomenânahi | |
| Vocative | nemahkome | nemahkomenâne | nemahkometike | nemahkomenânetike | |
| Local | nemahkomeki | nemahkomenâneki | |||
| First and second person | Proximate | kemahkomenâna | kemahkomenânaki | ||
| Obviative | kemahkomenânani | kemahkomenânahi | |||
| Vocative | kemahkomenâne | kemahkomenânetike | |||
| Local | kemahkomenâneki | ||||
| Second person | Proximate | kemahkoma | kemahkomwâwa | kemahkomaki | kemahkomwâwaki |
| Obviative | kemahkomani | kemahkomwâwani | kemahkomahi | kemahkomwâwahi | |
| Vocative | kemahkome | kemahkomwâwe | kemahkometike | kemahkomwâwetike | |
| Local | kemahkomeki | kemahkomwâweki | |||
| Third person | Obviative | omahkomani | omahkomwâwani | omahkomahi | omahkomwâwahi |
| Vocative | omahkome | omahkomwâwe | omahkometike | omahkomwâwetike | |
| Local | omahkomeki | omahkomwâweki | |||
| Indefinite | Proximate | omahkominawa | omahkominawaki | ||
| Obviative | omahkominawani | omahkominawahi | |||
| Vocative | omahkominawe | omahkominawetike | |||
| Local | omahkominaweki | ||||
References
- Goddard, Ives and Thomason, Lucy. A Meskwaki-English and English-Meskwaki Dictionary Based on Early Twentieth-Century Writings by Native Speakers. Petoskey, MI: Mundart Press, 2014.