American Indian words for ONE
from the Edenic Het-Daled (Guttural-Dental) –
Avraham /Philip Van Riper with data from zompist.com
all from: Edenic אחד(one, m.) or אחת (one, f.)
subroot is חד, Aramaic "one" is just חד K[H]ahD
Note: There are many prefixes, and occasion suffixes and nasalization (extra N or M). But the Edenic "ones" dominate over 90% of the vast total of New World languages.
Prefix Gutteral Dental Suffix
Navajo a KA
Proto-Algonquian Ne Ko T Wi
Menominee Ne Ko T
Potawatomi N Go T
Fox Ne Ko Ti
Kickapoo Ne Ko Ti
Mesquakie Ne Ko Tah
Shawnee Ne Ga Te
Miami (Ohio) N Go Ti
Illini Ni Co Te
Narragansett Ni Qui T
Powhattan Ne Cu T
Nanticoke (double gutteral!) Ni CKQui T
Natick Ne Qu T
Maliseet Ne Kw T
Mohegan/Pequot Né Qu T
Unkechaug N Qui T
Minsi Gu TTi
Delaware KWe Ti
Ventureno Pa Quee T
Edenic ‘אחד’(one) subroot is חד, Prefix Gutteral Dental Suffix
NW Maidu Wi K Te
Mohawk [nasalized AK[H]aT] eNh: sKa (T)
Oneida ós Ka (T)
(The dental frequently drifts into a glottal stop in both Mohawk and Oneida -- PVR)
Onondaga Sa Ja DaT
Cayuga S Ka T
Seneca S Ka T
Mingo S Ka T
Wendat (Huron) S Ka T
Susquehannock oN SKa T
Laurentian Se Ca Da
Keres (NM!) ?íS Ga
NW Maidu Wi K Te
Tora KWa TáD N
Taino He Que Ti
Atsahuaca Ni Ka T Su
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From Regina W.: Iroquois words for ONE|: forms of אחד EK[H]aD (one, m.) or אחת AK[H]aT (one, f.)
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(It’s common for dentals to sound more like glottal stops)
Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) enh:s K a __
Algonquian, Proto-Algonquian ne Ko T wi
Unami ( Delaware ) Kwe Ti
Delaware , per Zeissberger
Eastern Plains Miwok Ken. aTy-
Taino (Puerto Rico) He Que Ti
