yats-/yatsi-/yast-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 | pronominal prefix |
yats- |
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| Phonological Form | kats- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kaʦni- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yats-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the a-stem conjugation class. |
yatsi- |
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| Phonological Form | katsi- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kaʦni- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yatsi-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: C-stem, iV-stem, n(d)V-stem, and r-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. |
yast- |
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| Phonological Form | kasn- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kaʦni- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yast-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, en-stem, i-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |