aonsa-/aons-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 |
aonsa- |
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| Phonological Form | aǫsa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *aǫʦa- |
aons- |
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| Phonological Form | aǫs- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *aǫʦ- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
aons-: This form of the optative and 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. |
Examples for entry
- aonsahoerihk asken
hopefully he’ll get better