e-/Ø-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 | prepronominal prefix |
e- |
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| Phonological Form | e- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *e- |
Ø- |
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| Phonological Form | e- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *e- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
Ø-: This form of the future prefix occurs before the following pronominal prefixes: the second person patient prefixes, the second person dual and plural agent prefixes, and the first person inclusive dual and plural agent prefixes. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- ahchietehk esha’ndënia’
he will be one year old tomorrow, he will reach the day of his birth tomorrow
- Atayakahtahnde’skah ha’tewentayehk !
Come visit me every day!
- ehänienhwiha’
he will learn, he will complete it, he will know how to do it
- ehatonnhahren’
he will be delighted
- ehechieht onhwa’ kha’ entate’
you will wake him up today
- ehehchrio’
you will fight him
- ehënda’ya’s
I’ll sow for him
- ekonwakahtahnda’
I will come see you
- eondout
it will rain
- eshonywarahskwa’s
he will leave for us
- eskatieronhkwaha’
my strength will come back to me
- eska’iakha’ yahonhk
I will return to the hunt for Canada geese
- ewända’tarontahk eyiayenha’
I will go out as soon as I have my bread on the fire
- ewayehchondihk
I will have prepared something
- ewayrio’
she will kill me
- eyehchondiahay
I will continue to prepare things
- eyehchondia’
I will prepare something
- Hahnen’ on’wahti’ hayahndawatehkwih eskwahchatihatie’
From which side will you go upriver?
- hatiyowänen’s ehatirihwihchi’en’
the Elders will decide upon this matter
- ha’tewentayeh tehchiatehiahchiorennhon’
you will rub your arm twice every day (with some liquid or oil)
- orihierihenh ehchiatatia’
you will speak correctly
- ondae’ eorihwändeyenhk
that will be added on top
- onhwa’ eyia’trahcha’
I will go now to attend it
- onhwa’ eyia’trahche’nd
I was going to go now to attend it
- onhwa’ tho aaht etiorhenha’
the day is going to come right now
- onhwa’ tho aaht ewatehchienht
it’s soon going to be bad weather
- sahwenh de eyatsa’tänionwa’
wait until I finish eating my meal
- Satënienstah ! Ehchea’tenht de chëen’ah.
Be careful! You’ll let your child fall.
- Ta’ohten’ eorändeyenhk ?
What more will there be there?
- tehäa’tate’y eyenhk
he will not be present
- tewendihwen’ska’
there will continue to be lightning
- teyarahtat
I will run
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- tho aaht teke’
I will come back soon
- Tho ewayehk ?
How many things will there be?
- tho on’wahti’ eshotakhehtih
he has come back from there running, he started to flee again from that side