okasu

Japanese

Romanization

okasu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おかす

Narragansett

Etymology

Compare Massachusett ókas, ohkas, ꝏkas (“mother”). Possibly meaning "he comes from her", cf. osh.[1][2]

Noun

okásu

  1. mother
    Synonym: wítchwhaw

Declension
Declension of okasu (animate, 2 forms attested)
singular plural locative
unpossessed *okas
okásu		*okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug)*okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
possessed forms
first-person (my) nókace*n'okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug)*n'okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
second-person (your) *k'okas*k'okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug)*k'okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
third-person (his, her) *w'okas*w'okas-og (-ock, -uck, -aug)*w'okas-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)

References
  1. James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “ókas”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 104
  2. F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 87

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