i-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 | epenthetic prefix |
| Phonological Form | i- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *i- |
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
- chiestore’ de ihchiech
you eat quickly, you're eating quickly
- Hahnen’ ihstare’ ?
Where do you live?
- ha’tewentayeh yatrendaenhnde’s kha’yendeh iyar
I come here to pray every day at this time
- ihaehs
he wakes up, he’s waking up
- ihatich
they all eat, they're all eating
- ihoeh
he has woken up, he is awake
- iwayenh
I have said
- iwerhe’ aaiayiarahskwa’
she wants to leave with me
- iyatonhk
I say, I’m saying
- iyech
I eat, I'm eating
- iyerhe’
I want, I think
- iyerhe’ aayakonhresohare’
I want to wash my hands
- iyeyenhk
I see, I see it, I’m seeing, I'm seeing it
- iye’
I’m coming
- iyias
I sing when the mood strikes me
- iyrioh
I have killed her
- iyrios
I kill her, I’m killing her
- khondae’ iwetsih
it is of this length
- ondae’ yatsa’tänionkhwa’ de iyerhe’ aonsawatieronhkwaha’ de yieron’yeh
I eat my meals to restore the strength in my body, so that my body becomes strong again
- Satehnhontawah de isahnhont !
Take out what you have in your mouth!
- stan’ tehoa’tahrenhwih, awentenhaonh ihre’s
he doesn’t stop at all, he is always moving
- tho iyahra’
it’s above, on top
- tsoti’ndiyonhrat iyenh
they have but one mind
- tsonywa’ndiyonrat iyenh
we all have but one mind