chi-/chia-/chia’-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 |
chi- |
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| Phonological Form | shi- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *tshi- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
chi-: This form of the coincident prefix occurs both in verbs without a modal prefix and those with one of the three modal prefixes (the factual, the future, or the optative). |
chia- |
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| Phonological Form | sha- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *tsha- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
chia-: This form of the coincident prefix occurs in imperatives. |
chia’- |
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| Phonological Form | shaʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *tshaʔ- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
chia’-: This form of the coincident prefix occurs before the duplicative prefix. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- chiahentahk aharihwahseht
he hid this matter intentionally
- chia’ea’tat
they are the same people
- Chia’testa’ ?
Are you two the same age?
- Chia’tisaht !
Divide this in two equal parts! Take half of it!
- chia’weyat
the same water
- stan’ chiyitahkwa’ te’yenh
it isn’t at all my intention that I do this
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally