Iroquois Indians; Mohawk language -- Texts; Onondaga language -- Texts
Kathonghdeh, away, out of sight. _Atonhton_, B. (sub voce _atonon_), to
cause to lose, to mislead.
Katykenh [kadikenh], how then? _Kati_, C., then (done); _ken_,
interrogative particle.
Kawenna (_gauenda, gattenna_, B.; _owenna_, C.), word, voice, language,
speech.
Kayanerenh, peace, goodness, justice, law, league. _Wakianere,
ioianere_, C., to be good, right, proper (_i.e._, noble); _roianer_, he
is a chief. _Kaianerensera_, law, government, rule, decree, ordinance.
See _ante_, p. 33.
Kayanerenghkowa, great peace, great law, the great league. _Kayanerenh_
(q. v.) and _kowa_, great.
Kehaghshonha, kehhasaonhah, recent, lately.
Ken (for kento) here.
Kendenyethirentyonnite, here we will place them. See _Kenderentyonnih_.
Kenderentyonnih, this is lying here. Probably from _Garenton_, B., to
hang down, and _ionni_, to be extended or laid out.
Kendonsayedane (?) returning here, (qu., pausing here). _Gasaien_, B.,
to be slow; _gasaiatanne_, to make slow.
Kenenyohdatyadawenghdate, one shall be murdered here. _Aaenthon_, B., to
kill; _Katawenthos_, C, to kill many people, to massacre.
Kenhendewaghnatatsherodarho, we will attach a pouch. _Gannata_, B.,
little bag; _otarhon_, to grasp.
Kenkaghnekonyon, here floods. See _kaghnekonyon_.
Kenkarenyakehrondonhah, being hidden here among logs. _Gagarennion_, B.,
to remove away; _Karonta_, tree, log.
Kenkine [kenki], thus, in this way.
Kenkisenh [kenhkense], thus, in this way.
Kenkontifaghsoton, here things lying in ambush.
Kenne, thus.
Kennikanaghsesha, small strings of wampum. _Kenni--ha_, C., small,
_kanahses_, (?) a string of wampum.
Kensane, but, however.
Kentekaghronghwanyon [kondekahronwanyon], here obstacles. _Garonhon_,
B., to place (or to be) athwart.
Kentewaghsatayenha, here in the dark. _Asatagon_, C., in the darkness;
_asatagon_, B., in secret.
Kenteyurhoton, here to this opening (or cleared space in a forest).
_Karha_, forest.
Kenthoh (_kento_, C.), here.
Kenwaseraketotanese, here the uplifted hatchet, From _ken_, here,
_wasera (asera, osera)_, hatchet, and _gagetut_, B., to be shown, to
appear above.
Kenwedewayen, we place it here. From _ken_, here, and _gaien_, B., to
put in any place.
Kenyoteranentenyonhah, there is a crevice here. From _ken_, here, and
_ateronnonte_, B., having space, or showing light between two things not
well joined.
Kenyutnyonkwaratonnyon, here many thorns. From _ken_, here, and
_onniongar_, B., thorns, brambles. The word is in the frequentative
form.
Konnerhonyon [konneronyon], they keep thinking. _Eron_, B., to think, to
will. (Frequentative form.)
Konyennetaghkwen [konyennedaghkwen], my child, my offspring. From
_ennet_, B., to hold an infant in one's bosom. "_Gonyennetakan_, says
the Canienga to the Oneida," B. _Konyennetakkwen_ is properly a verb of
the third conjugation, in the imperfect tense, and the 1:2 transition:
"I nursed thee as a child." Here it is used idiomatically as a noun.
Kowa, kowane, great.
N.
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