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

	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)

Declension of okasu (animate, 2 forms attested)

Related terms

• aûke (“earth”) (possibly)^[1][2]

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

Further reading

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 28