ᎠᎩᎠ

From Proto-Iroquoian *-k-.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ȁːkíʔa/

ᎠᎩᎠ • (agia) (past ᎤᎬᎢ (ugvi))

1. he/she is eating it (a single solid food)

   ᏎᎷ ᎦᏚ ᎤᏂᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏗ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ.

   selu gadu unigisdi unilvquodi anitsalagi.

   The Cherokee like to eat corn bread.

• ᏥᎩᎠ (tsigia, “I am eating it”)
• ᎤᎬᎢ (ugvi, “he/she ate it”)
• ᎠᎩᏍᎪᎢ (agisgoi, “he/she eats it”)
• ᎯᎦ (higa, “eat it!”)
• ᎤᎩᏍᏗ (ugisdi, “to eat something”)

• ᎠᎩᏍᏗ (agisdi, “something (solid) to eat”)
• ᎠᏍᏗᎩᎠ (asdigia, “he is eating it (a long object)”)
• ᎦᏰᎠ (gayea, “he is eating it (a flexible object)”)

• Durbin Feeling (1975), William Pulte, editor, Cherokee-English dictionary‎^[3], Talequah: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

From Proto-Iroquoian *-kʷ-.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ȁːkíːʔa/

ᎠᎩᎠ • (agia) (past ᎤᎩᏒᎢ (ugisvi))

1. he/she/it is picking it up (a solid object)

   ᎠᏕᎳ ᎤᎪᎭ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎠᎲ ᎤᎩᏒᎢ.

   adela ugoha gadohi ahv ugisvi.

   When he saw money on the ground, he picked it up.

2. he/she/it is getting it (a solid object)

   ᏔᎵ ᎢᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎢᏳᏓᎵ ᎢᏤ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ ᎠᎩᏍᎪᎢ.

   tali itsudetiyvda iyudali itse daqualela agisgoi.

   Every two years he gets a new car.

• ᏥᎩᎠ (tsigia, “I am picking it up”)
• ᎤᎬᎢ (ugvi, “he/she picked it up”)
• ᎠᎩᏍᎪᎢ (agisgoi, “he/she picks it up”)
• ᎯᎩ (higi, “pick it up!”)
• ᎤᎩᏍᏗ (ugisdi, “to pick something up”)

• ᎠᏱᎭ (ayiha, “he/she is picking it up (a long object)”)
• ᎦᏁᎠ (ganea, “he is picking it up (a flexible object)”)
• ᎦᏁᎩᎠ (ganegia, “he is picking it up (some liquid)”)
• ᎫᏖᎠ (gutea, “he is picking him/her/it up”)

• Durbin Feeling (1975), William Pulte, editor, Cherokee-English dictionary‎^[4], Talequah: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma