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Akwekon Tetewakhanyon = Let's Pull It All Together: Mohawk Language Course Dictionary
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Language Name
Mohawk.
Alternate Language Names
Kanien'kéha, Kanyen'kéha.
Region
Ontario and Quebec, Canada; New York, United States.
Who
David Kanatawakhon-Maracle.
Others Involved
This dictionary does not provide information on others who were involved in its creation.
Publishing Information
This resource was published in 2003 at the Centre for the Research and Teaching of Canadian Native Languages, University of Western Ontario.
How People are Cited
This dictionary does not cite any contributors other than the author, who is cited on the front cover of the book.
How Information is Cited
This dictionary does not cite the source of any of its information.
Where is Information Coming from
This dictionary does not indicate where information is coming from or what sources were used.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is a physical book.
Access
This dictionary can be accessed through select libraries.
Included Languages and Directionality
Mohawk to English and English to Mohawk.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This resource is a bilingual, bidirectional wordlist which includes a short grammar at the beginning describing pronominal prefixes and descriptive endings.
How are Entries Organised
This dictionary begins with a short guide to pronunciation and a brief description of Mohawk root words.
The dictionary includes a Mohawk to English dictionary. Entries are organized alphabetically by Mohawk word, which is bolded. The Mohawk word is followed by a bracketed list of descriptive endings for the word, and an English definition in italics. In some cases, this English translation is followed by an example of a word that contains the entry word. This example word is accompanied by a breakdown of the example word in brackets into its morphemes, or the smallest units of the word that have meaning. In the example word, the original entry word is bolded. The last part of the dictionary is an English to Mohawk dictionary, again organized alphabetically, but this time by English word. Mohawk words remain in bold. Sometimes, the English entry is a phrase instead of a single word, but all entries translate to single Mohawk words. Entries consist of the English word or phrase, followed by the Mohawk translation in bold.
The resource also includes a grammar, beginning with a section on Pronominal Prefixes and goes over how to create a someone to something paradigm for singular, dual, and plural scenarios. Someone to something paradigms are essentially the relationship between the subject and object of a verb or phrase. After this section is a section on Using Temporal Prefixes. This section goes over how to add prefixes to someone or something pronominal with different descriptives. The section is organized based on prefix type: The Definite, The Intentive, and The Non-Definite. Following this is a section on Descriptive Endings organized by those For Actives, those For Statives, Purposive Endings, and Benefactive Endings. The grammar ends with sections explaining Using the Progressive, organized into Stative and Active examples, and Conjugating the Descriptive, which gives examples with two different roots.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ❌ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | Some words translate to phrases, but no example phrases are given |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | No dialect is specified for this resource |
Other Notes
This dictionary is intended to be used alongside David Kanatawakhon-Maracle's other resource, Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha: Mohawk Language Dictionary: A Root Dictionary to be used as a Resource and Reference Text for any Mohawk Language Learning Situation. Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha covers grammar and vocabulary in a very similar way to this dictionary, with small differences in the format of entries, but Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha provides slightly more information on vocabulary. In general, this resource is meant to help with building words, sentences and concepts, while Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha provides a more in-depth guide to the basic components of language.
External Links
The Akwekon Tetewakhanyon: Mohawk Language Course Dictionary can be found on WorldCat at this link: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1079058276?oclcNum=1079058276
David Kanatawakhon-Maracle's partner resource, Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha: Mohawk Language Dictionary: A Root Dictionary to be used as a Resource and Reference Text for any Mohawk Language Learning Situation, can be accessed on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1110322399