s-/ts-/tsi-/sa-/onsa-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 |
s- |
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Phonological Form | s- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦ- |
ts- |
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Phonological Form | ts- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦ- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ts-: This form of the repetitive prefix occurs before pronominal prefixes that begin with the glide i (*y). |
tsi- |
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Phonological Form | tsi- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦi- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
tsi-: This form of the repetitive 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. |
sa- |
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Phonological Form | sa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
sa-: This form of the repetitive prefix occurs in imperatives. The form onsa- is also used with imperatives. |
onsa- |
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Phonological Form | ǫsa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ǫʦa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
onsa-: This form of the repetitive prefix occurs in imperatives. The form sa- is also used with imperatives. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- ahchietehk esha’ndënia’
he will be one year old tomorrow, he will reach the day of his birth tomorrow
- ahsonh ta’teshathas
he is not yet getting back up (from being sick)
- eskatieronhkwaha’
my strength will come back to me
- eska’iakha’ yahonhk
I will return to the hunt for Canada geese
- hesketha’
I go back there often
- öne tsotratih
the moon has renewed itself
- Onsatsehra’tah ! Ahsonh te’yashe’tih.
Put some more liquor in this bottle! It isn’t full.
- skarihwat
a single matter, a single thing
- skarontat
one sole tree
- skat
one sole thing
- skawendat
a single voice
- skwaye’ndiyonhrat
I have only one thought, my thought is just one
- stan’ the’skwese’
she’s not going to return
- te’skatriho’tathe’
I will not pay attention
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- Tho itsorhen’ndih tishöonh ?
How many days has it been since he returned?
- tho on’wahti’ eshotakhehtih
he has come back from there running, he started to flee again from that side
- tsayia’tat
we are one, she and I or he and I
- tsayohrenhwi’ndih
they have remained, they have decided not to leave
- tsikwäa’tat
we all (all of you and me) are one
- tsöndeskarändoustih
it’s freezing to ice again
- tsoti’ndiyonhrat iyenh
they have but one mind
- tsonywa’ndiyonrat iyenh
we all have but one mind