-honw-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 | C-stem |
| Phonological Form | -hǫw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-hǫw- |
Examples for entry
- ahokhonwayentëndi’
he was dizzy from the canoe
- a’tere’ iwahsenh iyahonwayeh yahonwïio’ ontawehnde’
there are eighty ships coming
- Chiehonwaienhwih ?
Do you know how to make canoes?
- shayohonwawändihatie’
he just bought a canoe from them
- teohonwen’tonhch
the canoe is rocking side to side