-k-/-y-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 | expanded aspect-mood suffix |
-k- |
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Phonological Form | -k- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-k- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-k-: This form of the continuative suffix occurs after a habitual or stative stem that ends in s or h. The forms of the aspect-mood suffixes that follow the continuative are -a’ or -Ø for the punctual and -ah or -Ø for the imperative. |
-y- |
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Phonological Form | -k- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-k- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-y-: This form of the continuative suffix occurs after a habitual or stative stem that ends in a glottal stop. The forms of the aspect-mood suffixes that follow the continuative are -a’ or -Ø for the punctual and -ah or -Ø for the imperative. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aawayehchondihk
I might, could, would or should have prepared something
- aayienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- Atayakahtahnde’skah ha’tewentayehk !
Come visit me every day!
- ewayehchondihk
I will have prepared something
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- Tho ewayehk ?
How many things will there be?