Iroquois Indians; Mohawk language -- Texts; Onondaga language -- Texts
Aesahhahiyenenhon [ahesahhahiyenennyonhon], if thou hadst fallen (or
perished) by the way. _Aha, oha, ohaha_, road, path; _gaienneñon_, B.,
to fall.
Aesayatyenenghdon [ahesayatyenendon], thou mightest have been destroyed.
_Gaienneñon_, B., to fall; _gaien_nenton_, to cause to fall.
_Aesaiatienenton_ is in the perf. subj. passive.
Aghsonh, scarcely, hardly, while.
Ai (excl.), hail! oh!
Aihaigh (excl.), hail! ah! oh! More commonly pronounced _haihai_.
Akare, until.
Akayongh [akcayon], ancient. _Akaion_, C., old, ancient, antique.
Akonikonghkahdeh, they are suffering. _Onikonhra_, mind, and _oga'te_,
B., raw., _i. e._, having a sore mind.
Akotthaghyonnighshon, one who belongs to the Wolf clan. See
_Sathaghyonnighshon_.
Akwah, indeed, truly, very, yea.
Akwekon, all.
Are, again, sometimes.
Ayakawen, one would have said. _En_, B, to say (perf. subj.).
Ayakaweron, one would have thought. _Eron_, B., to think, to wish.
Ayakotyerenhon, one would be startled, surprised. From _katyeren_, to
wonder, be startled.
Ayawenhenstokenghske [ayawenhensthokenske], may it be true. _Enon,
iaweñnon_, B.,--_iawens_, C., to happen; _togenske_, B., _tokenske_, C.,
it is true. "May it happen to be true!"
Ayuyeukwaroghthake [ayoyenkwarodake], there might have been tobacco
smoke (apparent)., _Oienkwa_, C., tobacco; _garst_, B., to smoke (ppf.
subj.).
D.
Da-edewenhheye [dahedewenheyeh], we may all die. _Genheion, genheie_,
B., to die (subj. mood).
Daghsatkaghthoghseronne [dasatkahthoseronne], thou mightest keep seeing.
See _Tesatkaghthoghserontyc_. _Tasatkahthoseronne_ (as the word would be
spelt in modern orthography) appears to be the aorist subjunctive of
_atkahthos_, to see, in the cislocative and frequentative forms.
Daondayakottondeke, that they may hear. _Athonde_, to hear.
Deghniwenniyu, joint ruler; lit., they two are masters. See _Rawenniyo_.
Deghsewenninekenne, thou mayest speak. See _Entyewenninekenneh_.
Dendewatenonghweradon, in our mutual greetings. See _Dewadadononweronh_.
Denghsatkaghdonnyonheke [densatkatonhnyonsekeh], thou wilt be looking
about thee. _Atkahthos_, to see.
Denighroghkwayen [dehnihrohkwayen], let us two smoke. _Garoksa_, B.,
_une pipe, touche de petun_. It is conjectured that the name Iroquois,
_i. e._, "Tobacco-people," may have been derived from this word. See
Appendix, Note A.
Dentidewaghneghdoten, we will replace the pine-tree. _Ohnehta_, pine.
_Oten_, as a suffix (according to M. Cuoq), "serves to express the
condition, the manner, the kind, the nature of a thing."
Denyakokwatonghsaeke [tenyakokwennhendonghsaeke], he will be dying.
_Desakkèatouch_, Onon. Dict., I am dying; _kanonèenton_, B., sick.
Denyontadenakarondako, they shall take off his horns. _Onakara_, horn.
Desahahishonne, thou art coming troubled.
Desakaghsereutonyonne, thou comest weeping. _Gagasera_, B., tear.
Desanyatokenh, in thy throat. _Oniata,_ C., throat, neck.
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