-’Please note that any Wendat form with one or two hyphens attached to it is not a word. The hyphens indicate that the form must take a prefix, a suffix, or both, in order to create a full word in Wendat. Wendat forms with hyphens cannot be used on their own. |
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| Definition |
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| Part of Speech | aspect-mood suffix |
| Phonological Form | -ʔ |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-ʔ |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aayonrihoien’
if I were to interrupt your speech
- ahatatrio’
he killed himself
- ahatondehchatase’
he went around the land
- ahiakwe’
they two quarreled with one another
- ahokhonwayentëndi’
he was dizzy from the canoe
- ahon’ndiyonhraen’ de hatiyowänen’s
the Elders are deliberating
- a’esatahronton’
they asked how you were doing
- a’katen’ de yahonhk
the Canada goose flew away
- a’katonronton’ ha’tiaondih ahehetsaron’
I really made an effort to encourage him, I used all of my knowhow, I put all of it to use, I made use of all the diverse means, all the possible ways, I did everything possible
- a’shayotieskwen’ de echia’ahah
he is mocking the children, he mocked the children
- a’shonywatia’ten’
he stopped us, broke us up, made us stop our actions
- a’skakwendawe’sen’
you refused me, you blocked your voice from me
- ehehchrio’
you will fight him
- ewayrio’
she will kill me
- Hahnen’ on’wahti’ hayahndawatehkwih eskwahchatihatie’
From which side will you go upriver?
- ha’tewentayeh tehchiatehiahchiorennhon’
you will rub your arm twice every day (with some liquid or oil)
- iyerhe’ aayakonhresohare’
I want to wash my hands
- öne ontaënywikhenhatie’
when the corn starts to flower
- ontaonywayenronhatie’
it will soon be spring for us
- tetia’toyenh aahatien’
so that he may sit in the middle of you and me
- tonsaonywäa’tahkwen’ de hoen’ah
she just took her son away from us (who, for example, had come to visit us)