The Iroquois Book of Rites by Horatio Hale
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verb. It sometimes replaces the cislocative sign; thus,
_tkahtenties_, I come from yonder; _skahtenties_, I come again. 7. The motional is a form which by some is considered a special future tense. Thus, from _khiatons_, I write, we have _khiatonnes_, I am going to write; from _katerios_, I fight, _katerioseres_, I am going to the war; from _kesaks_, I seek, _kesakhes_, I am going to seek. These forms are irregular, and can only be learned by practice. 8. The causative suffix is _tha_; as from _k'kowanen_, I am great, we have _k'kowanaTHA_, I make great, I aggrandize. With _at_ inserted we have a simulative or pretentious form, as _katkowanaTHA_, I make myself great, I pretend to be great. The same affix is used to give an instrumental sense; as from _keriios_, I kill, we have _keriiohTHA_, I kill him with such a weapon or instrument. 9. The progressive, which ends in _tie_ (sometimes taking the forms _atie_, _hatie_, _tatie_), is much used to give the sense of becoming, proceeding, continuing, and the like; as _wakhiatontie_, I go on writing; _wakatrorihatie_, I keep on talking; _wakeriwaientatie_, I am attending to the business. The addition of an _s_ to this form adds the idea of plurality or diversity of acts; thus, _wakhiatonties_, I go on writing at different times and places; _wakatrorihaties_, I keep on telling the thing, _i. e._, going from house to house. 10. The attributive has various forms, which can only be learned by |
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