-rihw-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 | noun root |
| Conjugation Class | r-stem |
| Phonological Form | -rihw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-rihw- |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aayonrihoien’
if I were to interrupt your speech
- ahatrihohkwändaht
he took away a common good, he appropriated it for himself
- ahchiatrihwayennia’t
you made a grand, great move, a marvelous action
- chiahentahk aharihwahseht
he hid this matter intentionally
- harihwayennia’tha’
he exaggerates
- hatiyowänen’s ehatirihwihchi’en’
the Elders will decide upon this matter
- öne onyrihwenta’s de kherihwaienständihihk
I just finished the teaching I was doing
- orihierihenh ehchiatatia’
you will speak correctly
- orihwahndirih
it’s a sure, stable thing; the matter is settled, concluded
- orihwahrenhwih
the matter is concluded, emptied, decided, stopped
- orihwetsih
the matter is long, e.g., long to arrive
- ondae’ eorihwändeyenhk
that will be added on top
- Satahrontonh tiyarihou’tenh !
Go inform yourself about the matter!
- Satrihwänienstah !
Learn this thing, study it, make an effort to instruct yourself well!
- shonywarihwaentondihk
he gives us advice
- skarihwat
a single matter, a single thing
- skrihoiänihk
you disturb my speech, you divert me from my work
- stan’ te’sarihierihahtih
you have not spoken sincerely, honestly
- Tahchrihwahkwahndah !
Come here and sing!
- Tayrihwaentonhons !
Tell me your thought!
- tehirihkennie’s
they two argue
- tehorihwahrenhwi’sennihk
he doesn’t determine, conclude anything; the thing, the matter doesn’t stop or stay still in his mind
- tewayrihwahkwanh
I’m singing right now
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- Titsirihwa’ndetenh !
Say that twice! Sing it again!