Proto-Iroquoian

Short description: Reconstructed ancestor of the Iroquoian languages

Proto-Iroquoian

Reconstruction of| Iroquoian languages
Era| ca. 1500 BCE

Proto-Iroquoian is the name given to the hypothetical proto-language of the Iroquoian languages. Lounsbury (1961) estimated from glottochronology a time depth of 3,500 to 3,800 years for the split of South and North Iroquoian. At the time of first European contact, speakers of Iroquoian languages ranged from the Cherokee in the Great Smoky Mountains, to the Tuscarora and Nottoway near the modern Virginia/North Carolina border, then further north the Five Nations in Upstate New York and the Huron and Neutral in modern-day Ontario.

## Contents

* 1 Subdivisions
* 2 History of studies
* 3 Phonology
* 3.1 Vowels
* 3.2 Consonants
* 4 Morphology
* 5 Lexicon
* 6 References

## Subdivisions

The Iroquoian languages are usually divided into two main groups: Southern Iroquoian (Cherokee) and Northern Iroquoian (all others) based on the great differences in vocabulary and modern phonology. Northern Iroquoian is then further divided by Lounsbury and Mithun into Proto-Tuscarora-Nottoway and Lake Iroquoian, although Julian (2010) does not believe Lake Iroquoian to be a valid subgrouping.

## History of studies

Isolated studies were done by Chafe (1977a), Michelson (1988), and Rudes (1995). There have also been several works of internal reconstruction for daughter languages, in particular with Seneca and Mohawk. A preliminary full reconstruction of proto-Iroquoian was not provided until Charles Julian's (2010) work.

## Phonology

Proto-Iroquoian as reconstructed shares the Iroquoian languages' notable typological traits of small consonant inventories, complex consonant clusters, and a lack of labial consonants.

### Vowels

The reconstructed vowel inventory for Proto-Iroquoian is:[1]

| Front  | Central  | Back

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Close  | i iː |  | u uː
Mid  | e eː ẽ ẽː |  | o oː õ õː
Open  |  | a aː |

Like later Iroquoian languages, Proto-Iroquoian is distinguished in having nasal vowels /õ/ and /ẽ/, although it has more than in its daughter languages.

### Consonants

The reconstructed consonant inventory for Proto-Iroquoian is given in the table below. The consonants of all Iroquoian languages pattern so that they may be grouped as (oral) obstruents, sibilants, laryngeals, and resonants (Lounsbury 1978:337).

| Alveolar  | Palatal  | Velar  | Glottal

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Plosive  | t |  | k kʷ | ʔ
Affricate  | ts |  |  |
Fricative  | s |  |  | h
Nasal  | n |  |  |
Approximant  | ɹ | j | w |

## Morphology

Reconstructed functional morphemes from Julian (2010):

No. | Gloss | Proto-Iroquoian | Proto-Northern
Iroquoian

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1 | 'negative' |  | *teɁ
2 | 'coincident' (perhaps also relativizer) | *ts |
3 | 'contrastive' |  | *thi
4 | 'partitive' | *ijiː |
5 | 'translocative' | *wi |
6 | 'factual' |  | *waɁ
7 | 'duplicative' | *teː |
8 | 'future' | *ẽː |
9 | 'optative' |  | *aɹa
10 | 'cislocative' | *t |
11 | 'repetitive' | *ts |
12 | 'non-singular animate' | *ka |
13 | '1:2.SG' | *kõː |
14 | '1:2.DU' |  | *kni
15 | '1:2.PL' |  | *kwa
16 | '2:1.SG' | *hskʷi |
17 | '2:1.DU' | *hskniː |
18 | '2:1.PL' | *hskʷ… |
19 | '1SG:3' | *ki |
20 | 1SG:3A' (> PNI '1SG:3I') | *kiji |
21 | '1SG:3M' |  | *he or *hɹi
22 | '2SG:3' | *hsi |
23 | 2SG:3A' (> PNI '2SG:3I') | *hsiji |
24 | '2SG:3M' |  | *hehse
25 | '3:1SG' | *wakʷi |
26 | 3A:1SG' (> PNI '3I:1SG') | *jõːkʷi |
27 | '3M:1SG' |  | *hɹake
28 | '3:2SG' | *tsa |
29 | 3A:2SG' (> PNI 3I:2SG') | *jeːtsa |
30 | '3M:2SG' |  | *hja
31 | '2DU&3' | *tsniː |
32 | '2DU&3M' |  | *hshetsni
33 | '2PL&3' | *ts… |
34 | '2PL&3M' |  | *hshetswa
35 | '2NS&3I' |  | *jetshi
36 | '1+2DU:3' | *tniː |
37 | '1+2DU:3M' |  | *hshetni
38 | '1+2PL:3' | *t… |
39 | '1+2PL:3M' |  | *hshetwa
40 | '1+3DU:3' |  | *jakni
41 | '1+3DU:3M' |  | *hshakni
42 | '1+3PL:3' |  | *jakwa
43 | '1+3PL:3M' |  | *hshakwa
44 | '3:1DU' | *kniː |
45 | '3M:1DU' |  | *hshõkni
46 | '3:1PL' | *kʷ… |
47 | '3M:1PL' |  | *hshõkwa
48 | '1+2NS:3I' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *jethi
49 | 1+3NS:3I' (> Hu. 1NS:3I) |  | *jakhi
50 | 3I:1NS' (> Tu. '1NS&3I') |  | *jõkhi
51 | '3SG:3' (lexically determined variant 1) | *ka |
52 | '3SG:3' (lexically determined variant 2) | *wa |
53 | '3SGM:3' |  | *hɹa
54 | '3:3SG' | *juː |
55 | '3:3SGM' |  | *hɹo
56 | '3DU:3' |  | *kni
57 | '3DUM:3' |  | *hni
58 | 3NS:3' (> PNI '3PL:3') | *wantiː |
59 | '3PL:3' (second variant, in competition with *wati, #58) |  | *kõti
60 | '3PLM:3' |  | *hɹati
61 | '3:3NS' | *juːntiː |
62 | '3:3NSM' |  | *hɹoti
63 | '3I:3' |  | *je
64 | '3:3I' |  | *jako
65 | '3SGM:3I' |  | *hshako
66 | 3A:3SGA' (> Ch. '3NS:3SG', PNI '3I:3SG') | *kõːwa |
67 | '3I:3SGM' |  | *hɹõwa
68 | 3A:3NSA' (> Ch. '3NS:3NS', PNI '3I:3NS') | *kõːwantiː |
69 | '3I:3NSM' |  | *hɹõwati
70 | '3NS:3I' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *jakoti
71 | '3NSM:3I' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *hshakoti
72 | '2:1.SG.IMP' |  | *take
73 | '2:1.DU.IMP' |  | *takni
74 | '1:2.PL.IMP' |  | *takwa
75 | '2SG:3.IMP' |  | *tse
76 | 'reflexive' | *ataːt |
77 | 'semireflexive' (lexically determined variant 1) | *at |
78 | 'semireflexive' (lexically determined variant 2) | *aɹ |
79 | 'joiner vowel' | *a |
80 | 'nominalizer' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *hsɹ
81 | 'nominalizer' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *Ɂtshɹ
82 | 'causative-instrumental' (lexically determined variant 1) | *t |
83 | 'causative-instrumental' (lexically determined variant 2) | *hst |
84 | 'instrumental' |  | *hkw
85 | 'reversive' (PNI lexically determined variant 1) | *kʷ |
86 | 'reversive' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *hsj
87 | 'inchoative' |  | *Ɂ
88 | 'dative-benefactive' (PNI lexically determined variant 1) | *ts |
89 | 'dative-benefactive' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *ẽ
90 | 'dative-benefactive' (lexically determined variant 3) |  | *ni
91 | 'dislocative' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *n
92 | 'dislocative' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *h
93 | 'dislocative' (lexically determined variant 3) |  | *ts
94 | 'dislocative' (lexically determined variant 4) |  | *tsɹ
95 | 'dislocative' (lexically determined variant 5, limited to Iroquoia) |  | *ɹ
96 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *njõː
97 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *nõː
98 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 3) |  | *hõː
99 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 4) |  | *õː
100 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 5) |  | *ɹõː
101 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 6) |  | *ɹjõː
102 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 7) |  | *tsõː
103 | 'distributive' (lexically determined variant 8) |  | *tsɹõː
104 | 'progressive' |  | *tjeɁ
105 | 'present suffix' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *hs
106 | 'present suffix' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *ts
107 | 'present suffix' (lexically determined variant 3) |  | *haɁ
108 | 'present suffix' (lexically determined variant 4) |  | *h
109 | 'imperfective suffix' (cf. Cherokee imperfective verbs inhsk) |  | *hsk
110 | 'past habitual suffix' |  | *kʷ
111 | 'punctual suffix' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *Ɂ
112 | 'punctual suffix' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *ẽɁ
113 | 'punctual suffix' (lexically determined variant 3) |  | *Ø
114 | 'punctual suffix' (lexically determined variant 4) |  | *n
115 | 'perfect suffix' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *õh
116 | 'perfect suffix' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *ẽh
117 | 'perfect suffix' (lexically determined variant 3) |  | *Ø
118 | 'perfect suffix' (lexically determined variant 4) |  | *eɁ
119 | 'perfect suffix' (lexically determined variant 5) |  | *ih
120 | 'past perfect suffix' |  | *n
121 | 'facilitative suffix' |  | *nskõːh
122 | 'modalizer suffix' |  | *k
123 | 'noun suffix' |  | *aɁ
124 | 'authenticative suffix' |  | *õweh
125 | 'characterizer suffix' |  | *haːɁ
126 | 'decessive suffix' |  | *kẽh
127 | 'intensifier suffix' |  | *tsih
128 | 'locative suffix' |  | *keh
129 | 'populative suffix' (lexically determined variant 1) |  | *ɹonõɁ
130 | 'populative suffix' (lexically determined variant 2) |  | *kaːɁ

## Lexicon

Reconstructed lexical roots and particles from Julian (2010):

No. | Gloss | Proto-Iroquoian | Proto-Northern
Iroquoian | Proto-Mohawk-
Oneida | Huron
(Common Huron-Petun)

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131 | 'path, road, trail' |  | *-ah-, *-(a)hah- |  |
132 | 'be bad, be ugly, be useless' |  | *-(a)hetkẽɁ |  |
133 | 'be salty, be sour' |  | *-ahjoɁtsihs, *-oɁtsihst- |  |
134 | 'bark, wood, wood chips' |  | *-ahkaɹ- |  |
135 | 'be ten' |  | *-ahnshẽːh |  |
136 | 'ear' |  | *-(a)hõht- |  |
137 | 'count' |  | *-(a)hɹaːt- |  |
138 | 'hear, speak a language, understand' |  | *-ahɹõk- |  |
139 | 'foot' | *-aːhs-, *-aːhsiɁt- |  |  |
140 | 'three' |  | *ahsẽh |  |
141 | 'string' |  |  | *ahsɹijeɁ |
142 | 'shoe' |  | *-ahtahkʷ-, *ahtaɁ |  |
143 | 'be forbidden, be prohibited, be strict, be taboo' |  | *-ahtjawẽɹeɁ |  |
144 | 'abandon, give up, leave behind, let go, quit, release' |  | *-ahtkaɁw- |  |
145 | 'disappear, vanish' |  | *-ahtõ-, *-ahtõɁ- |  |
146 | 'hide' |  | *-ahtseht- |  |
147 | 'argue for, compete for, contend for, fight for' |  | *-ahtskehnh- |  |
148 | 'not yet, still' |  | *ahtsõh, *atsõh |  |
149 | 'night' | *-ahtsõːh- |  |  |
150 | 'connect, fasten, join together' |  | *-ahtsõtɹ- |  |
151 | 'be durable, be hard, be strong' |  | *-akanst-, *-anst-, *-kanst- |  |
152 | 'be a number, be an amount, be that many' |  | *-akeːh, *-keːh |  |
153 | 'be bad' |  | *-aksẽːh |  |
154 | 'cry' |  | *-anstaɹ- |  |
155 | 'outdoors, outside' |  | *ansteh |  |
156 | 'shoe' | *-aɹaːhsu- |  |  |
157 | 'be cousins' |  | *-aɹaɁtseːɁ |  |
158 | 'about, almost, approximately' | *aɹeɁ |  |  |
159 | 'be inside, be one, be present, be within, exist' |  | *-aːt |  |
160 | 'speak, talk' |  | *-atati-, *-atatj- |  |
161 | 'bathe, swim' | *-atawẽ- |  |  |
162 | 'climb over, go over' | *-atawẽːhɹat- |  |  |
163 | 'be ashamed, be embarrassed' | *-ateːhẽːh- |  |  |
164 | 'be burning, burn' |  | *-atek- |  |
165 | 'burn, cause to burn, light a fire' |  | *-atekaɁt- |  |
166 | 'use to light a fire' |  | *-atekaɁtahkw- |  |
167 | 'be a doctor, cure, heal' |  | *-atetsjẽɁt- |  |
168 | 'food taken along, provisions' |  | *-atẽnaɁtshɹ- |  |
169 | 'be a member of the Wolf Clan' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-athahjõniːh |  |
170 | 'be cold, be cold out, cold' |  | *-athoɹ-, *athoɁ |  |
171 | 'hear' | *-athõː- |  |  |
172 | 'garter' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-athsinh-, *-athsinhatshɹ- |  |
173 | 'be burnt, be consumed, be used up, burn, use oneself up' |  | *-athsɁaht- |  |
174 | 'abandon, throw, throw out' |  | *-ati-, *-atj-, *-õti-, *-õtj- |  |
175 | 'draw, pull, stretch' |  | *-atiɹõːt- |  |
176 | 'get dressed, put on' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-atjaɁtawiɁt- |  |
177 | 'harbour, hold back, keep' |  |  | *-atjenawahst- |
178 | 'be cheap, be easy, be profligate, squander' |  | *-atjets- |  |
179 | 'look at' | *-atkahthw- |  |  |
180 | 'purulence, pus' |  | *-atkẽhtsɹ- |  |
181 | 'be a sorceror, be a spirit, have inherent power' |  | *-atkõɁ |  |
182 | 'axe' |  | *atokẽɁ |  |
183 | 'spoon' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-atokw-, *-atokwaɁtshɹ- |  |
184 | 'hunt' |  | *-atoɹaːt- |  |
185 | 'breathe' | *-atõːɹ- |  |  |
186 | 'laugh, laugh out loud' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-atõtaɹikt- |  |
187 | 'meet, meet by chance' |  | *-atɹaɁ- |  |
188 | 'grandchild, have as grandchild' |  | *-atɹe- |  |
189 | 'be green, be new' | *-atseːɁ |  |  |
190 | 'be glad, be happy' |  | *-atshẽnõni- |  |
191 | 'dry out, dry up, evaporate, run dry' |  | *-atst-, *-atstathẽ- |  |
192 | 'abandon, lend, let go, spare' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-atwẽteht- |  |
193 | 'fence, palisade' |  | *-atɁẽhɹ- |  |
194 | 'belong to, own, possess' |  | *-awẽh |  |
195 | 'stir' |  | *-awẽɹi-, *-awẽɹj- |  |
196 | 'water' | *awẽɁ |  |  |
197 | 'be small' |  | *-aɁ-, *-aɁaːh |  |
198 | 'lace, net, netting, web' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-aɁaɹ- |  |
199 | 'dew' |  | *-aɁawj - |  |
200 | 'strike' |  | *-aɁe- |  |
201 | 'become dark, become night' |  | *-aɁkaɹaɁ-, *-aɁkɹaɁ- |  |
202 | 'snow, snowflake' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-aɁkɹ- |  |
203 | 'turtle' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-aɁnowaɹ-, *-Ɂnowaɹ- |  |
204 | 'be hot, be warm' |  | *-aɁtaɹihẽːh |  |
205 | 'heat, sweat' |  | *-aɁtaɹihẽhsɹ- |  |
206 | 'axe' |  | *-aɁtsɹ- |  |
207 | 'be extinguished, fire to go out' |  | *-aɁtsw- |  |
208 | 'extinguish, put out a fire' |  | *-aɁtswaht- |  |
209 | 'come, go, go on foot, walk' | *-e- |  |  |
210 | 'remember' |  | *-ehjahɹ- |  |
211 | 'believe, think' | *-eːɹ- |  |  |
212 | 'heart' |  | *-eɹjahs- |  |
213 | 'a lot, much' |  | *etsoɁ, *itsoɁ, *itswaɁ |  |
214 | 'above, high, over' |  | *eɁnkẽh, *heɁnkẽh |  |
215 | 'flower' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-ẽh- |  |
216 | 'day' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-ẽhnitsɹ- |  |
217 | 'be uncle to, have as nephew or niece' |  | *-ẽhwatẽɁ, *-jẽhwatẽɁ |  |
218 | 'be born, establish oneself' |  | *-ẽnakɹaːt- |  |
219 | 'day' |  | *-ẽt- |  |
220 | 'be finished, be over, be prepared, be ready, come to an end' |  | *-ẽtaɁ- |  |
221 | 'drop, fall' | *-ẽɁ- |  |  |
222 | 'nine' |  | *ẽɁtɹõɁ, *waɁtɹõh, *waɁtɹõɁ |  |
223 | 'council fire, flame, torch' |  | *-hahsɹ- |  |
224 | 'cornstalk, grass' |  | *-heɹ- |  |
225 | 'shout, yell' |  | *-hẽɹeht- |  |
226 | 'clearing, field, meadow' |  | *-hẽt- |  |
227 | 'mark, write' |  | *-hjatõ- |  |
228 | 'book, something marked, something written' |  | *-hjatõhsɹ- |  |
229 | 'claw' | *-hkaɹ- |  |  |
230 | 'current, moving water, rapids' |  | *-hnaw- |  |
231 | 'arm, shoulder' | *-hnẽː- |  |  |
232 | 'command, employ, hire' |  | *-hnhaɁ- |  |
233 | 'door' |  | *-hnhoh-, *-hnhohw- |  |
234 | 'close a door, door to be closed' |  | *-hnhotõ- |  |
235 | 'have jowls protruding' (> cattle, cow) |  | *-hnh(o/õ)hskʷ(a/e)ɹõːt |  |
236 | 'feed, put in the mouth' |  | *-hnhõtho-, *-hnhõthw- |  |
237 | 'be durable, be hard, be solid, be strong' |  | *-hniɹ- |  |
238 | 'thigh' |  | *-hnitsh- |  |
239 | 'neck, throat' | *-hnj- |  |  |
240 | 'tie' |  | *-hnɹ- |  |
241 | 'basswood' |  | *-hohsɹ-, *-hotsɹ- |  |
242 | 'bread' |  | *-hɹahkʷ- |  |
243 | 'feather' |  | *-hɹaɁt- |  |
244 | 'cut' |  | *-hɹen- |  |
245 | 'fall, fall over' |  | *-hɹjenẽɁ-, *-ɁɹhjenẽɁ- |  |
246 | 'tell' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-hɹoɹi-, *-hɹoɹj- |  |
247 | 'name, reputation' |  | *-hsẽn- |  |
248 | 'dough' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-hsheɁɹ-,-hsheɁɹh- |  |
249 | 'depression, depth, hole, hollow. |  | *-hshõw- |  |
250 | 'detest, dislike, hate' |  | *-hshwahẽ-, *-hshwẽ- |  |
251 | 'ankle, knee' |  | *-hsinkoɁt- |  |
252 | 'slow' | *-hskanẽ- |  |  |
253 | 'be good' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-hskaːths |  |
254 | 'deer' |  | *-hskẽnõtõɁ |  |
255 | 'bone' |  | *-hskẽɁɹ-; *-hskẽɁɹakeht- 'be a warrior', lit. 'carry the bone' |  |
256 | 'head' | *-hskʷ- |  |  |
257 | 'finger, hand' |  | *-hsnõhs-, *-hsnõɁ |  |
258 | 'be fast, be quick' | *-hsnuːɹiɁ |  |  |
259 | 'be ancestor to, be grandparent to' |  | *-hsoːt |  |
260 | 'build, make, prepare' | *-hsɹõːn- |  |  |
261 | 'use' |  | *-hst- |  |
262 | 'marrow' |  | *-hstahɹõw- |  |
263 | 'be little, be small' | *-hsthwih, *-hstwih |  |  |
264 | 'back' |  | *-hsw- |  |
265 | 'board, wood' |  | *-hswẽɁkaɹ-, *-hwẽɁkaɹ-, *-hwẽɁkhaɹ- |  |
266 | 'complete, exhaust, finish' |  | *-hsɁ-, *-ihsɁ- |  |
267 | 'have as older sibling, have as older maternal female cousin' |  | *-htsiɁ |  |
268 | 'colour, dye, paint' | *-htsuːhw- |  |  |
269 | 'family' |  | *-hwatsiɹ- |  |
270 | 'be round' |  | *-hweɁnõniːh |  |
271 | 'foam' |  | *-hwẽɁnst- |  |
272 | 'force, strength' |  | *-hwihsh- |  |
273 | 'five' | *hwihsk |  |  |
274 | 'metal, money' |  | *-hwihst- |  |
275 | 'be, be the one, exist' | *-iː- |  |  |
276 | 'be dead, die' |  | *-ihej- |  |
277 | 'cross over' |  | *-ihjaɁk-, *-jahjaɁk- |  |
278 | 'creek, river' |  | *-ijhõh-, *-ijhõhw-, *-wjhõh- |  |
279 | 'be beautiful, be good, be great' |  | *-ijoːh |  |
280 | 'emerge, go out, put out' |  | *-inkẽɁ- |  |
281 | 'far' | *iːnõh |  |  |
282 | 'mattress, sheet, spread' |  | *-inskaɹ- |  |
283 | 'be sitting, sit' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-inskoːt |  |
284 | 'saliva, spit, spittle' |  | *-inskɹ- |  |
285 | 'fish scale' |  | *-inst- |  |
286 | 'cliff, rock, rock bank' |  | *-instẽhɹ-, *-nstẽhɹ- |  |
287 | 'sleep' |  | *-itaɁw-, *-itɁo- |  |
288 | 'crowd, group' |  | *-itjohkʷ- |  |
289 | 'you' |  | *iːts |  |
290 | 'shoot' |  | *-iɁaːk-, *-iɁjaːk-, *-Ɂjaːk- |  |
291 | 'clan, clay, hearth' |  | *-iɁtaɹ-, *-Ɂtaɹ- |  |
292 | 'abide, dwell, reside, sit' |  | *-iɁtɹõ- |  |
293 | 'exit, go out, leave' |  | *-jakẽɁ- |  |
294 | 'footprint, gait, track' |  | *-jan- |  |
295 | 'be a chief, be good, be lawful, be proper' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-janɹ- |  |
296 | 'law' |  | *-janɹehsɹ-, *-janrẽhsɹ- |  |
297 | 'break, cut' |  | *-jaɁk- |  |
298 | 'being, body, carcass, corpse, person' |  | *-jaɁt- |  |
299 | 'wake up' | *-je- |  |  |
300 | 'add, contribute, mix' |  | *-jehst- |  |
301 | 'capture, catch, grab' |  | *-jena-, *-jenaw- |  |
302 | 'act, do, happen to' |  | *-jeɹ- |  |
303 | 'be complete, be just, be perfect, be right' |  | *-jeɹi- |  |
304 | 'body' | *-jeːɹõɁ- |  |  |
305 | 'smile' | *-jeːts- |  |  |
306 | 'be situated, exist, have, put down, set down, sit down' |  | *-jẽ- |  |
307 | 'hit, strike' |  | *-jẽht- |  |
308 | 'firewood, wood' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-jẽt- |  |
309 | 'accumulate, beget, get, obtain' |  | *-jẽtaɁ- |  |
310 | 'know' |  | *-jẽteɹ- |  |
311 | 'plant, sow' |  | *-jẽtho-, *-jẽthw- |  |
312 | 'flay, skin' |  | *-jẽtsɹ- |  |
313 | 'have as child' |  | *-jẽɁ- |  |
314 | 'smoke, tobacco' |  | *-jẽɁkʷ- |  |
315 | 'enter' | *-jõ- |  |  |
316 | 'eat' | *-k- |  |  |
317 | 'butterfly' | *kahnaːwẽːh |  |  |
318 | 'look at' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-kahnɹ- |  |
319 | 'eye' |  | *-kahɹ- |  |
320 | 'four' |  | *kajeɹih |  |
321 | 'be old' | *-kajõ- |  |  |
322 | 'anywhere, somewhere' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *kankaɁ |  |
323 | 'pipe' | *kanõːnowẽɁ |  |  |
324 | 'bite' | *-kaɹ- |  |  |
325 | 'account, price, story' |  | *-kaɹ- |  |
326 | 'roll, turn around' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-kaɹhateni-, *-kaɹhatenj- |  |
327 | 'invert, roll over, turn over' |  | *-kaɹhatho-, *-kaɹhathw- |  |
328 | 'tree' |  | *kaɹhit, *keɹhit, *keɹhiɁ, *kɹaheːt, *kɹahit |  |
329 | 'come here!' |  | *katsih |  |
330 | 'paddle, row' | *-kaweː- |  |  |
331 | 'lift, raise' |  | *-kensko-, *-kenskʷ- |  |
332 | 'see' | *-kẽ-, *-kẽːh |  |  |
333 | 'be old' |  | *-kẽhtsi- |  |
334 | 'summer' |  | *-kẽnh- |  |
335 | 'be white' |  | *-kẽɹat |  |
336 | 'peel, scrape' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-kẽtsɹ- |  |
337 | 'divide, separate' |  | *-kh-, *-khahsi-, *-khahsj-, *-khahsk- |  |
338 | 'elbow' | *-khjuːhs- |  |  |
339 | 'food, meal' |  | *-khw- |  |
340 | 'chipmunk' | *kihɹjuɁkẽh |  |  |
341 | 'dog' | *kiːɹ |  |  |
342 | 'hair' | *-kiɁɹh- |  |  |
343 | 'crow' | *koːhkaːɁ |  |  |
344 | 'be a lot, be many, be much' | *-koɁtiɁ |  |  |
345 | 'face' | *-kõːhs- |  |  |
346 | 'eel' |  | *kõteh |  |
347 | 'bowl, dish, plate' |  | *-kts- |  |
348 | 'acorn, oak' | *kuːɹeh |  |  |
349 | 'be big, be large' | *-kuwa-, *-kʷa- |  |  |
350 | 'pick up' | *-kʷ- |  |  |
351 | 'be able' |  | *-kʷeni-, *-kʷenj- |  |
352 | 'that, the, this' | *nV(H) |  |  |
353 | 'domestic animal, prisoner, slave' |  | *-nahskʷ- |  |
354 | 'be autochthonous, dwell, reside' | *-nakɹ- |  |  |
355 | 'bed, place, room, space' |  | *-nakt-, *-nakʷt- |  |
356 | 'camp, city, settlement, town, village' |  | *-nat- |  |
357 | 'grain, wheat' |  | *-natsj- |  |
358 | 'be melted, be warm, be wet' | *-nawẽːh |  |  |
359 | 'antler, horn' |  | *-naɁkaɹ- |  |
360 | 'imitate' |  | *-naɁkeɹ- |  |
361 | 'bread' |  | *-naɁtaɹ- |  |
362 | 'call' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-naɁtõhkʷ- |  |
363 | 'cauldron, kettle, pail, pot' |  | *-naɁtsj- |  |
364 | 'liquid' | *-neː- |  |  |
365 | 'ice' | *-neːhst-, *-neːhstwaɹ |  |  |
366 | 'corn, grain, kernel' | *-nẽh- |  |  |
367 | 'now' | *nẽh |  |  |
368 | 'steal' | *-nẽːhskʷ- |  |  |
369 | 'sand; stone' | *-nẽːj- |  |  |
370 | 'arm' |  | *-nẽtsh- |  |
371 | 'be stingy' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-niɁ- |  |
372 | 'marry' |  | *-njaːk- |  |
373 | 'neck' |  | *-njaɹ- |  |
374 | 'lake' |  | *-njataɹ- |  |
375 | 'wampum' |  | *-nkoɁɹ-, *-nkoɁɹh- |  |
376 | 'blood' |  | *-nkõ-, *-nkʷẽhs- |  |
377 | 'red' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-nkʷẽhtaɹ- |  |
378 | 'begin to snow' |  | *-nkʷẽɁ- |  |
379 | 'be cold' |  | *-noːh |  |
380 | 'tooth' |  | *-noɁts-, *-noɁtsj- |  |
381 | 'medicine' |  | *-nõhkʷ-, *-nõhkʷaɁt-, *-nõhkʷaɁtshɹ- |  |
382 | 'house' | *-nõhs- |  |  |
383 | 'be painful, be sore, hurt' |  | *-nõhwakt- |  |
384 | 'admire, like' |  | *-nõhweɁ- |  |
385 | 'hill, mountain' |  | *-nõt- |  |
386 | 'corn soup, hominy' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-nõtaɹ- |  |
387 | 'brain, head' | *-nõːtsiː- |  |  |
388 | 'breast, milk' | *-nõɁt- |  |  |
389 | 'fungus, mushroom' |  | *-nɹahs- |  |
390 | 'leaf' |  | *-nɹaht- |  |
391 | 'get involved, help' | *-nsteːɹ- |  |  |
392 | 'corn husk' | *-nuːɹ- |  |  |
393 | 'be difficult, be unable to, fail to do' | *-nuːɹõ- |  |  |
394 | 'winter, year' |  | *-ohsɹ- |  |
395 | 'throw' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-ojɁaːk- |  |
396 | 'split' |  | *-oɹẽ- |  |
397 | 'be, be standing, exist, stand upright' |  | *-oːt |  |
398 | 'be at the end, end' |  | *-oɁkt- |  |
399 | 'dig' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-oɁkʷaːt- |  |
400 | 'hand' | *-oɁnj- |  |  |
401 | 'be of a kind, be of a sort' |  | *-oɁtẽːh |  |
402 | 'earth, land, world' |  | *-õhwẽtsj- |  |
403 | 'go beyond, go through, leak, pass through, penetrate, reach' | *-õːkuːh- |  |  |
404 | 'sift' | *-õːkuːhst- |  |  |
405 | 'be a person, human being' |  | *-õkʷeh, *-õkʷehsɹ-, *-õkʷeɁt- |  |
406 | 'be alive, life, live' | *-õːnh- |  |  |
407 | 'rain' |  | *-õnoːt- |  |
408 | 'pot' | *-õːt- |  |  |
409 | 'put into the fire' | *-õːt- |  |  |
410 | 'be attached, have as a body part' |  | *-õːt |  |
411 | 'remove from the fire' | *-õːtakʷ- |  |  |
412 | 'be a lake, lake' | *-õːtaɹiɁ |  |  |
413 | 'be in, be on' |  | *-ɹ- |  |
414 | 'moon to be present, planet to be present, sun to be present' |  | *-ɹ- |  |
415 | 'moon, planet, sun' |  | *-ɹahkʷ- |  |
416 | 'erase, rub out, wipe out' |  | *-ɹakew- |  |
417 | 'choose, pick out, select' |  | *-ɹako-, *-ɹakw- |  |
418 | 'sap, syrup' |  | *-ɹan- |  |
419 | 'heel' |  | *-ɹat- |  |
420 | 'climb' |  | *-ɹathẽ-, *-ɹaɁthẽ- |  |
421 | 'adhere, stick, stick on' |  | *-ɹaɁnẽtaːk- |  |
422 | 'incantation, song, spell, witchcraft' |  | *-ɹẽn- |  |
423 | 'bush, forest, woods' |  | *-ɹhat- |  |
424 | 'coat with, put on' |  |  | *-ɹho- |
425 | 'be paternal aunt to' | *-ɹhok |  |  |
426 | 'socks, leggings' | *-ɹiː- |  |  |
427 | 'affair, business, thing, matter' |  | *-ɹihw- |  |
428 | 'fight, kill' |  | *-ɹijo-, *-ɹjo- |  |
429 | 'animal' |  | *-ɹjoːɁ |  |
430 | 'blue, sky' |  | *-ɹõhj- |  |
431 | 'log, tree' |  | *-ɹõt- |  |
432 | 'chop' |  | *-ɹɁo-, *-ɹɁok- |  |
433 | 'be present, exist' |  | *-t- |  |
434 | 'and, besides' |  |  | *tahnũɁ |
435 | 'run' |  | *-takh- |  |
436 | 'woodpecker' | *taɹaːɹ |  |  |
437 | 'flint' | *tawiːhskaɹaɁ |  |  |
438 | 'two' |  | *tekniːh |  |
439 | 'eight' |  | *tekɹõɁ |  |
440 | 'change' |  | *-teni-, *-tenj- |  |
441 | 'mosquito' | *-tẽːhs- |  |  |
442 | 'alternate, differ' |  | *-tih- |  |
443 | 'skunk' | *tiɁɹ |  |  |
444 | 'nearby' |  |  |  | tjohskẽẽɁ
445 | 'snake' |  |  |  | tjoɁxjẽtsihk
446 | 'decay, rot, spoil' | *-tkẽː- |  |  |
447 | 'how, how many, how much' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *toːh |  |
448 | 'be certain, be exact, be true' |  | *-tokẽːh |  |
449 | 'stand' | *-toɁn- |  |  |
450 | 'bluejay' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *tɹiɁtɹiːɁ |  |
451 | 'beans' |  | *tsaheɁ, *-tsaheɁt- |  |
452 | 'bottle, gourd, jar' |  | *-tsheɁ, *-tsheɁt-, *-tsheɁw- |  |
453 | 'club, fist, knot' |  | *-tsihkʷ- |  |
454 | 'robin' | *tsiːhskʷoːɁkʷoːɁ |  |  |
455 | 'otter, seal' | *tsiːjẽh |  |  |
456 | 'salt' |  | *-tsikheɁt- |  |
457 | 'be male' |  | *-tsin |  |
458 | 'fire' | *-tsiːɹ |  |  |
459 | 'coal, ember, fire, spark' |  | *-tsist- |  |
460 | 'fox, lynx' |  | *tsitshoɁ |  |
461 | 'bile, green, yellow' |  | *-tsiɁnkʷaɹ- |  |
462 | 'bird' |  | *tsiɁtẽɁ |  |
463 | 'corn tassel' | *-tsiːɁtsiːɁ |  |  |
464 | 'seven' |  | *tsjatahk |  |
465 | 'tobacco' | *-tsjoːɹ- |  |  |
466 | 'six; seven' |  | *tsjotaɹeɁ |  |
467 | 'fish' | *-tsjõɁt- |  |  |
468 | 'be daughter-in-law' | *-tsoɁ |  |  |
469 | 'dream, sleep' |  | *-tsɹẽht- |  |
470 | 'put into the water' | *-uː- |  |  |
471 | 'remove from the water' | *-uːkʷ- |  |  |
472 | 'cover' | *-uːɹ- |  |  |
473 | 'splash water, sprinkle' | *-uːtsɹ- |  |  |
474 | 'whippoorwill' | *waɁkuhɹiːɁ |  |  |
475 | 'say, speak' | *-we- |  |  |
476 | 'language, voice, word' |  | *-wẽn- |  |
477 | 'thumb' (limited to Iroquoia) |  | *-whjõhkaɹ- |  |
478 | 'young person' | *-wiːnõːh |  |  |
479 | 'baby, child, infant, offspring' |  | *-wiɹ- |  |
480 | 'arm, fin, wing' |  | *-wj- |  |
481 | 'wing' |  |  | *-wjahũtsh- |
482 | 'learn, teach' |  | *-wjẽhst- |  |
483 | 'know how, learn how' |  | *-wjẽhw-, *-wjẽw-, *-wjẽɁ- |  |
484 | 'craft, manner, skill, way' |  | *-wjẽn- |  |
485 | 'become capable, learn how' |  |  | *-wjʌ̃tehtaɁ- |
486 | 'be good' | *-wohst |  |  |
487 | 'air, wind' |  | *-wɹ- |  |
488 | 'arrow' | *-Ɂn- |  |  |
489 | 'bone' |  | *-Ɂnẽj- |  |
490 | 'egg' |  | *-Ɂnhõhs- |  |
491 | 'mind, spirit' |  | *-Ɂnikõhɹ- |  |
492 | 'be late, delay' |  | *-Ɂnitsko-, *-Ɂnitskʷ- |  |
493 | 'escape, flee, run away' |  | *-ɁnjakẽɁ- |  |
494 | 'nose' | *-Ɂnjõːhs- |  |  |
495 | 'be envious, be jealous, envy' |  | *-Ɂnonsh- |  |
496 | 'be powerful, be strong' |  | *-Ɂnshanst- |  |
497 | 'drown, fall into water' |  | *-ɁtskoɁ- |  |
498 | 'drag, drive, pull, ride' |  | *-Ɂtsɹ- |  |

## References

* Julian, Charles (2010). A History of the Iroquoian Languages (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Manitoba.
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* Chafe, Wallace. (1977a). "Accent and Related Phenomena in the Five Nations Iroquois Languages". In Larry Hyman, ed. Studies in Stress and Accent, 169-181. Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics 4.
* Michelson, Karin. (1988). A Comparative Study of Lake-Iroquoian Accent. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
* Rudes, Blair. (1995). "Iroquoian Vowels". Anthropological Linguistics 37: 16-69.
* Lounsbury, Floyd. (1961). Iroquois-Cherokee Linguistic Relations. In William Fenton and John Gulick, eds. Symposium on Cherokee and Iroquois Culture. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 180, 11-17.
* Lounsbury, Floyd G. (1978). "Iroquoian Languages". in Bruce G. Trigger (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 15: Northeast. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 334–343. OCLC 12682465.
* Mooney, James. (1900). Myths of the Cherokee. 19th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Part 1, 3-548. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

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