Oklahoma in Wyandotte: Two Alternative Terms
- From the Choctaw word that became ‘Oklahoma’
ayǫmeh d‘ ayętaˀatsih They are people who are called red.
[ayǫmeh] they (indefinite) are human beings, people
[ah-yon-meh]
ay- indefinite agent – they
-ǫme- verb root – be humans, Native Americans
-h stative aspect
d‘ the, who
ayętaˀatsih They (indefinite_ are called red.
[ah-yen-tah-ah-tseeh]
ay- indefinite agent – they
-ęt- noun root – ochre, vermillion (red earth dyes)
-a- joiner vowel
-ˀatsi- verb root – be named, called
-h stative aspect
- From the Cayuga term ‘at the big river’
yanhdawižuyeh At the big river
[yanh-dah-wee-zhoo-yeh]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-nhdaw- noun root – river
-ižu- verb root – be large, great + stative aspect
-yeh external locative noun suffix – at