-’-/-’nd-/-h-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 | derivational suffix |
-’- |
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| Phonological Form | -ʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-ʔ- |
-’nd- |
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| Phonological Form | -ʔn- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-ʔn- |
-h- |
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| Phonological Form | -h- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-h- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
The form -’ - occurs before the habitual aspect-mood suffix. The form -’nd- occurs before the stative aspect-mood suffix. The form -h- occurs before the punctual and imperative aspect-mood suffixes. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aayeienhwiha’
I might, could, would, or should learn how to do it
- Ahchawi’ etisäa’ten’ndih ?
Did you fall from up high (e.g., from the top of the tree or the roof of the house)?
- a’yeienhwiha’
I just learned how to do it, I am learning how to do it now
- ehänienhwiha’
he will learn, he will complete it, he will know how to do it
- eskatieronhkwaha’
my strength will come back to me
- hoayenhchronh
he is attending to his needs, i.e., he has gone out to the bathroom
- inonhwe’
I love, I love her, I love it (animal or object)
- öne a’orhenha’
the day is now just beginning to arrive
- onhwa’ tho aaht etiorhenha’
the day is going to come right now
- ontahäa’tenha’
he fell from above
- seienhwihah
Learn how to do it!
- 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
- teyeta’s
I stand up, I'm standing up
- tho aaiawenhk
that it may happen in a such a way; so be it
- Titsatahah !
Stand up!
- yeienhwi’s
I learn how to do things, I am learning how to do something
- yeienhwi’skwa’
I used to learn how to do things
- yiayenhchre’
I’m going to tend to my needs, i.e., I’m going to go out to the bathroom