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Relationships

Married

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Now	Used to be
I	í	wakenyákuʔ	wakenyakuhné·
You	isé	sanyákuʔ	sanyakuhné·
He	laulhá	lonyákuʔ	lonyakuhné·
She	akaulhá	yakonyákuʔ	yakonyakuhné·
You and I	tetniyáhse	yukninyákuʔ	yukninyakuhné·
You two	tesniyáhse	sninyákuʔ	sninyakuhné·
Someone and I	teyakniyáhse	yukninyákuʔ	yukninyakuhné·
Two males	tehniyáhse	lotinyákuʔ	lotinyakuhné·
Two females	tekniyáhse	yotinyákuʔ	yotinyakuhné·
You all and I	twakweku	yukwanyákuʔ	yukwanyakuhné·
They and I	yakwakweku	yukwanyákuʔ	yukwanyakuhné·
All of you	swakweku	swanyákuʔ	swanyakuhné·
They (males)	latikweku	lotinyákuʔ	lotinyakuhné·
They (females)	kutikweku	yotinyákuʔ	yotinyakuhné·

In a relationship

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Now	Used to be
You and I	tetniyáhse	ítnehse	ítnehskweʔ
You two	tesniyáhse	ísnehse	ísnehskweʔ
Someone and I	teyakniyáhse	yáknehse	yáknehskweʔ
Two males	tehniyáhse	í·nehse	í·nehskweʔ
Two females	tekniyáhse	íknehse	íknehskweʔ

Separated and Reconciled

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Separated	Reconciled
You and I	tetniyáhse	teyukyatekháshyu	teyukyatekhashyuhné·
You two	tesniyáhse	tetsyatekháshyu	tetsyatekhashyuhné·
Someone and I	teyakniyáhse	teyukyatekháshyu	teyukyatekhashyuhné·
Two males	tehniyáhse	tehonatekháshyu	tehonatekhashyuhné·
Two females	tekniyáhse	teyonatekháshyu	teyonatekhashyuhné·

Engaged

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Now	Used to be
I	í	wakenyákheʔ	wakenkákhehkweʔ
Someone and I	teyakniyáhse	yukninyákheʔ	yukninkákhehkweʔ
They (males)	latikweku	lotinyákheʔ	lotinkákhehkweʔ

Single

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Now	Used to be
I	í	katatwʌni·yó	katatwʌniyohné·
You	isé	satatwʌni·yó	satatwʌniyohné·
He	laulhá	latatwʌni·yó	latatwʌniyohné·
She	akaulhá	yuatatwʌni·yó	yuatatwʌniyohné·

Old Man / Old Woman

This is a colloquial term similar to its English translation, e.g. "my old lady is a real battleaxe!"

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Old man	Old woman
I	í	likhstʌ́ha̲	khekhstʌ́ha̲
You	isé	etshekhstʌ́ha̲	shekhstʌ́ha̲
He	laulhá	lokhstʌ́ha̲	shakokhstʌ́ha̲
She	akaulhá	luwakhstʌ́ha̲	yutatekhstʌ́ha̲

Spouse

lo·né· is used to describe someone else‘s spouse, it is not used for "my spouse" or "your spouse".

English	Oneida
Charlie's spouse	Tshyalé lo·né·
Susan's spouse	Só·s lo·né·
My cousin's spouse	ukyalá·séʔ lo·né·
Your friend's spouse	tsyatʌ·ló· lo·né·

Girlfriend / Boyfriend

Pronoun (en)	Pronoun (one)	Boyfriend	Girlfriend
I	í	aknikʌhtlú·tsliʔ	akyaʔtasé·tsliʔ
You	isé	sanikʌhtlú·tsliʔ	sayaʔtasé·tsliʔ
He	laulhá	laonikʌhtlú·tsliʔ	laoyaʔtasé·tsliʔ
She	akaulhá	akonikʌhtlú·tsliʔ	akoyaʔtasé·tsliʔ