he-/h-/ha-/ha’-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 |
he- |
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| Phonological Form | he- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *he- |
h- |
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| Phonological Form | h- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *h- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
h-: This form of the duplicative prefix occurs before the three modal prefixes (the factual, the future, and the optative). |
ha- |
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| Phonological Form | ha- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ha- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ha-: This form of the translocative prefix occurs in imperatives. |
ha’- |
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| Phonological Form | haʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *haʔ- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ha’-: This form of the translocative prefix occurs before the duplicative. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- Atayakahtahnde’skah ha’tewentayehk !
Come visit me every day!
- a’katonronton’ ha’tiaondih ahehetsaron’
I really made an effort to encourage him, I used all of my knowhow, I put all of it to use, I made use of all the diverse means, all the possible ways, I did everything possible
- Chi hasehawiht !
Carry that far away!
- Hahnen’ hehawehtih ?
Where has he gone?
- ha’teondehcheh
in all the land
- ha’tewentayeh tehchiatehiahchiorennhon’
you will rub your arm twice every day (with some liquid or oil)
- ha’tewentayeh yatrendaenhnde’s kha’yendeh iyar
I come here to pray every day at this time
- ha’teyänonhskeh
in all of the houses
- hesketha’
I go back there often
- hewayonnhontionh
I still have a long time to live
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- tho ihchien’ ha’yeht hewetha’ de änen’enh
I’m going where my mother usually goes
- tho ihchien’ heohahontionh
the path goes there, the path took a turn toward that side