-ihPlease 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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Part of Speech | aspect-mood suffix |
Phonological Form | -ih |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-ih |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aahchiatehenhk chionyweh te’yenh, ondae’ ïohtih tehchiatehen’s de chiëniennonh iyenh
you would be ashamed if you were a man, what makes you not ashamed is the fact that you’re a dog
- aayienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- Ahchawi’ etisäa’ten’ndih ?
Did you fall from up high (e.g., from the top of the tree or the roof of the house)?
- aye’wahtsarahkwihnen’ de kha’ yatsen’
I had put some meat on this plate
- ayokwahstih
they are in a state of happiness
- ayotiestih
they are assembled, gathered together
- ekona’trahkwih
I’ve had you participate
- Hahnen’ hehawehtih ?
Where has he gone?
- Hahnen’ on’wahti’ hayahndawatehkwih eskwahchatihatie’
From which side will you go upriver?
- hahskweyih
he is mute
- hänienhwihtih on’wahti’
to his right, toward his right
- hatirontawahsti’s
some beautiful trees
- hatiweyihatie’s
they habitually go together
- heskwenda’yerahtih Haondehchehte’ tha’ titeheskwenda’yeratha’ de ihatonhk tho atsier
you have made Haondehchehte’ your leader, however you don’t treat him as a leader (you don’t imitate him) now that he tells you to do so
- hoa’tändoustih
his body is cold
- hokonhchiahsehtih
he has hidden his face, his face is hidden
- hönda’tarakhwi’ndih
he is satiated, full from bread
- hotahristih
he stopped people [in general]
- hotinhotonhk hotihndihtihnen’
they had closed the door forcefully
- khewendahronkha’ de ayoatsih
I hear people singing
- khondae’ iwetsih
it is of this length
- okendia’tih hayowänenh
he is extremely big
- okendia’tih satahrontonskonh
you are oddly curious for news
- öne tsotratih
the moon has renewed itself
- önonhchiaskhwih
the house is too small
- orihwetsih
the matter is long, e.g., long to arrive
- otrahkwahsehtih
the sun has hidden, the sun is hidden
- onywa’tariha’tih
we are all hot
- outayih
it is coloured
- stan’ ta’tekwayehtih
I will not return from [location]
- stan’ te’sarihierihahtih
you have not spoken sincerely, honestly
- stan’ te’thayia’trahkwih
he has not involved me, he has not made me participate
- stan’ te’wayeienhwi’ndih
I have not learned how to do it, I could not finish it, I did not know how to finish it
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- tehchiahonhtaweyih
you are deaf
- tehöndarahtatih
they have run
- tehöndatontarihtih
they booed (they filled the lake with cries)
- Teotia’yih ontahreht
he’s coming from Montreal
- teshaontarïa’yih
he has recrossed the ocean
- teshonywarahtatih
he has escaped from us running
- tewayarahchi’tarahkwih
I have both feet on top of something
- te’khëndaretih onyweh
I have not put any human into the world, I have not had children
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- te’wayita’ndih
I have not slept
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- Tho itsorhen’ndih tishöonh ?
How many days has it been since he returned?
- Tho iyäa’tayeh sändawihatie’ sa’arohwihnen’ ?
How many fish did you catch in the nets you had cast?
- tho on’wahti’ eshotakhehtih
he has come back from there running, he started to flee again from that side
- tsayohrenhwi’ndih
they have remained, they have decided not to leave
- tsöndeskarändoustih
it’s freezing to ice again
- yänonhchietsih
long house, longhouse
- yienterih
I know it well
- yienterihnen’
I knew it