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Entries: -ita’w-

-ita’w- 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.
Definition	to want to sleep, to find oneself asleep, to be asleep, to feel sleepy, to doze off
Part of Speech	verb root
Conjugation Class	i-stem
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-
Pre-Wendat Form	*-itaʔw-
Verb Class	patient event verb
Verb Consequentiality	non-consequential
Noun Incorporation Status	Noun incorporation never occurs with this form.
Notes	Note on usage: There are no punctual or imperative stems for this verb.

Examples for entry

ondae’ de onywenta’wathahkwhat was making us sleep

Verb stems

Information about verb stems

-ita’wahs / -ita’wahch

Stem type: Habitual stem

Pronominal Prefixes: Patient

Composition

Orthography	-ita’w-	-ahs / -ahch
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-	-ahs
Interlinear gloss	want.to.sleep	hab
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ahs / -ahch
Base (verb)	-ita’w-
Root (verb)	-ita’w-

-ita’wahskwa’

Stem type: Habitual past stem

Pronominal Prefixes: Patient

Composition

Orthography	-ita’w-	-ahs	-kwa’
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-	-ahs	-kwaʔ
Interlinear gloss	want.to.sleep	hab	past
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ahs	-kwa’
Base (verb)	-ita’w-
Root (verb)	-ita’w-

-ita’wahska’

Stem type: Habitual continuative stem

Pronominal Prefixes: Patient

Composition

Orthography	-ita’w-	-ahs	-k-	-a’
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-	-ahs	-k-	-aʔ
Interlinear gloss	want.to.sleep	hab	cont	pnc
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ahs	-k-	-a’
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ahs
Base (verb)		-ahs	-k-
Base (verb)	-ita’w-
Root (verb)	-ita’w-

-ita’wih

Stem type: Stative stem

Pronominal Prefixes: Patient

Composition

Orthography	-ita’w-	-ih
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-	-ih
Interlinear gloss	want.to.sleep	stat
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ih
Base (verb)	-ita’w-
Root (verb)	-ita’w-

-ita’wihnen’

Stem type: Stative past stem

Pronominal Prefixes: Patient

Composition

Orthography	-ita’w-	-ih	-nen’
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-	-ih	-nęʔ
Interlinear gloss	want.to.sleep	stat	past
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ih	-nen’
Base (verb)	-ita’w-
Root (verb)	-ita’w-

-ita’wihk

Stem type: Stative continuative stem

Pronominal Prefixes: Patient

Composition

Orthography	-ita’w-	-ih	-k-	-Ø
Phonological Form	-itaʔw-	-ih	-k-	-Ø
Interlinear gloss	want.to.sleep	stat	cont	pnc
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ih	-k-	-Ø
Stem (verb)	-ita’w-	-ih
Base (verb)		-ih	-k-
Base (verb)	-ita’w-
Root (verb)	-ita’w-