Iroquois Indians; Mohawk language -- Texts; Onondaga language -- Texts
Watyakwasiharako, we have removed the obstruction, we have unstopped.
_Gasiharongsan_, B., to unstop (_desboucher_).
Watyonkwentendane, we have become wretched, or poor. _GenOenteon_, B.,
to be worthy of compassion.
Wedeweyennendane (see under Wete--).
Wedewennakeraghdanyon (see under Wete--).
Weghniserade [wenniserade], to-day. _Enniscra_, B., day; _nonwa
wenniserate_, C., to-day.
Wetewayennendane, we have finished. _Gaweyennentáon_, B., to rest, to
cease from working.
Wetewennakeraghdanyon [wedewennakeratanyon], we have made the signs, we
have gone through the ceremonies. _Ganneraton_, B., "_se servir de
règle_."
Y.
Yadayakonakarondatye, he may be going with horns. From _onakara_, horn
(progressive form, subjunctive mood).
Yadehninhohhanonghne, they two guarded the door, they two were the
doorkeepers. _Gannhoha_, B., door; _gannonna_, to guard.
Yaghdekakoghsonde [yaghdegagonhsonde], invisible, (lit., without face);
from _yahte_, not, and _kakonhsa_ (_okonsa_) face.
Yaghnonwenh, never. _Iah-nonwenton_, C., never. From _Iah_ (_yah_) not,
and _nonwa_ or _onwa_, now.
Yakwenronh, we say. _En_, B., to say.
Yatehhotinhohhataghkwen, they were together at the doorway (_i. e._,
they were the doorkeepers). _Gannhoha_, B., door; _atakon_, B. (_sub
voce At_), "_ce dans quoi il y a_."
Yatenkarighwentaseron, to finish the business. From _karihwa_ (q. v.)
and _awentas_, to finish.
Yejisewahhawitonh, ye have taken it with you. _Gahal_, B., to bring;
_gahalton_, to take away.
Yejisewatkonseraghkwanyon, ye have it as a pillow. _Esakonseraka_, B.,
thou wilt use as a pillow.
Yejisewayadkeron [yetsisewayatakeron], ye are laid together. _Gageron_,
B., to be together, to place together.
Yejodenaghstahhere, they added a frame. See _Jodennaghstahhere._
Yendewanaghsende, we will drop (or let fall) into it. _Aseñon_ (?), B.,
to fall; _asenhton,_ to cause to fall.
Yenjontahidah, they will follow. _Gatazori, gatazi,_ B., to run.
Yenyontatenoutshine, they are to be led by the hand. Probably from
_gannonna,_ B., to keep, and _atsi,_ comrade.
Yenyontatideron, they shall be placed. _Genteron,_ B., to put any
animate thing in any place.
Yeshodonnyh, or Yeshotonnyh, his uncle (properly, "his father's younger
brother"); also, as pl., his uncles. _'Atonni,_ C., a relative on the
father's side. The prefix _yes,_ in which the signs of the translocative
and reiterative forms are combined, gives the sense of "the next younger
(uncle) but one."
Yeshohawah, or Yeshohawak, his next younger child but one. See
_Rohhawah,_ and _Yeshodonnyh._
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