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ak-

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Choctaw

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Prefix

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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

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Crow

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Prefix

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ak-

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

Derived terms

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References

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

Garo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

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ak-

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

Mohawk

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Alternative forms

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

Prefix

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ak-

  1. first person singular possessive prefix
    my ______

References

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

Mokilese

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ak-

  1. displaying the characteristics of
  2. pretending to be

Usage notes

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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

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Prefix

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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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