te’-/te-/ta’-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 |
te’- |
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Phonological Form | teʔ- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *teʔ- |
te- |
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Phonological Form | teʔ- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *teʔ- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
te-: This form of the negative prefix occurs before pronominal prefixes that begin with h. Note on usage:
te-: This form of the negative prefix occurs before the duplicative. |
ta’- |
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Phonological Form | taʔ- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *taʔ- |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aahchiatehenhk chionyweh te’yenh, ondae’ ïohtih tehchiatehen’s de chiëniennonh iyenh
you would be ashamed if you were a man, what makes you not ashamed is the fact that you’re a dog
- aayienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- ahsonh ta’teshathas
he is not yet getting back up (from being sick)
- ahsonh te’kenheonhche’s
she is not yet going to die, she will not die of it yet
- ahsonh te’yahchondih
it is not yet prepared
- Onsatsehra’tah ! Ahsonh te’yashe’tih.
Put some more liquor in this bottle! It isn’t full.
- stan’ chiyitahkwa’ te’yenh
it isn’t at all my intention that I do this
- stan’ ne endi’ yewendïio’ te’yenh dekha’ ekaenton’
I am not the owner of these pieces of furniture
- stan’ onyiatsi’ te’yenh
we two are not friends
- stan’ ta’tekwayehtih
I will not return from [location]
- stan’ ta’tesarih
you’re not wearing shoes
- stan’ tehoa’tahrenhwih, awentenhaonh ihre’s
he doesn’t stop at all, he is always moving
- stan’ te’ondouthe’
it’s not going to rain
- stan’ te’thayia’trahkwih
he has not involved me, he has not made me participate
- stan’ te’wayatatih
I have not spoken
- stan’ te’wayeienhwi’ndih
I have not learned how to do it, I could not finish it, I did not know how to finish it
- stan’ te’yarhonhk de yahahänien’te’s
I don’t rest while traveling
- stan’ te’yatawanhnde’
I’m not going to take a bath, I don’t intend to take a bath
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- stan’ te’yia’tahtonhnde’
I’m not going to get lost
- Stan’ tho kha’ te’thöonh N. ?
[Name], he hasn’t entered here at all?
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- tehotahs
he doesn’t sleep, he is not sleeping
- te’ea’tate’
there’s no one there
- te’skatriho’tathe’
I will not pay attention
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- te’watatiahk
she doesn’t speak yet
- te’wayita’ndih
I have not slept
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- te’yatoyenh
it is false