The Iroquois Book of Rites by Horatio Hale
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circumlocutions. These pronouns are best shown in the form in which they
are prefixed to a verb. The following are examples of the verb _katkahtos_, I see (root _atkahto_) and _kenonwes_, I love (root _nonwe_), as conjugated in the present tense:-- _katkahtos_, I see. _satkahtos_, thou seest. _ratkahtos_, he sees. _watkahtos_, she sees, _iontkahtos_, one sees. _tiatkahtos_, we two see (thou and I.) _iakiatkahtos_, we two see (he and I.) _tsiatkahtos_, ye two see. _hiatkahtos_, they two see (masc.) _kiatkahtos_, they two see (fem.) _tewatkahtos_, we see (ye and I.) _iakwatkahtos_, we see (they and I.) _sewatkahtos_, ye see. _rontkahtos_, they see (masc.) _kontkahtos_, they see (fem.) _kenonwes_, I love. _senonwes_, thou lovest. _rononwes_, he loves. _kanonwes_, she loves. _icnonwes_, one loves. _teninonwes_, we two love (thou and I) _iakeninonwes_, we two love (he and I) _seninonwes_, ye two love. _hninonwes_, they two love (masc.) |
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