aa-/a-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 |
aa- |
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| Phonological Form | a:- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *a:- |
a- |
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| Phonological Form | a:- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *a:- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
a-: This form of the optative prefix occurs before the following pronominal prefixes: the first person singular patient prefix, 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
- aawayehchondihk
I might, could, would or should have prepared something
- aayatatia’
that I (may) speak; so that I speak; I must speak; I could speak; I should speak
- aayehchondiahay
I would, could or should be preparing things
- aayehchondia’
I might, could, would, or should prepare something
- aayeienhwiha’
I might, could, would, or should learn how to do it
- aayienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- aywerhe’ aaiaywakahkwahcha’ tihennonhwentsou’tenh
we want to go see how their country is made, what their country is like
- iwerhe’ aaiayiarahskwa’
she wants to leave with me
- khondae’ aaiëer
here is how it should be done, this is what one should do
- onsayaka’ de aonyarahskwanhnen’
I abandoned the thought of leaving
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- taayarahtat
I might, could, would, or should run
- tho aaiawenhk
that it may happen in a such a way; so be it