et-/eti-/ek-/-t-/-ti-/-k-/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 |
et- |
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Phonological Form | et- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *et- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
et-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs word-initially. |
eti- |
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Phonological Form | eti- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *eti- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
eti-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs word-initially 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. |
ek- |
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Phonological Form | et- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *et- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ek-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs word-initially before pronominal prefixes that begin with w. |
-t- |
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Phonological Form | -t- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-t- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-t-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs word-medially. |
-ti- |
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Phonological Form | -ti- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-ti- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-ti-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs word-medially 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. |
-k- |
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Phonological Form | -t- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-t- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-k-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs word-medially before pronominal prefixes that begin with w. |
a- |
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Phonological Form | ta- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ta- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
a-: This form of the cislocative prefix occurs in imperatives. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- Ahchawi’ etisäa’ten’ndih ?
Did you fall from up high (e.g., from the top of the tree or the roof of the house)?
- ahsonh te’kenheonhche’s
she is not yet going to die, she will not die of it yet
- Asehent !
Come first!
- Aseyahchiaht de yonweyahnhonkhwahs !
Drink the medicine I’m giving you all in one shot so that none is left!
- Atayakahtahnde’skah ha’tewentayehk !
Come visit me every day!
- ekona’trahkwih
I’ve had you participate
- ekonwakahtahnda’
I will come see you
- ekwändehahchatändihk
my heart is pounding, leaping, jumping
- etiotëndatata’
at the end of the village
- Etiontarändeyenh
Locust Tree Point Piver
- Hahnen’ etiskwarhonhk ?
Where do you all stop to rest?
- ondae’ ethayëngentakhwa’
he does or says that to irritate me
- onhwa’ tho aaht etiorhenha’
the day is going to come right now
- stan’ ta’tekwayehtih
I will not return from [location]
- stan’ te’thayia’trahkwih
he has not involved me, he has not made me participate
- Stan’ tho kha’ te’thöonh N. ?
[Name], he hasn’t entered here at all?
- Tahchrihwahkwahndah !
Come here and sing!
- tekwayendia’was
I vomit, I’m vomiting