Dictionnaire de la langue wendat / Wendat Dictionary

-ienhwi- / -nienhwi- / -ien- / -nien- 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.
Definition	to know how to do something; to have the necessary knowledge, ability, skill and the power to see to it until the end
Part of Speech	verb root
Conjugation Class	C-stem
-ienhwi-
Phonological Form	-wyęhwi-
Pre-Wendat Form	*-wyęhwi-
-nienhwi-
Phonological Form	-wyęhwi-
Pre-Wendat Form	*-wyęhwi-
-ien-
Phonological Form	-wyę-
Pre-Wendat Form	*-wyę-
-nien-
Phonological Form	-wyę-
Pre-Wendat Form	*-wyę-
Verb Class	agent stative verb
Noun Incorporation Status	Noun incorporation optionally occurs with this form.
Notes	Note on usage: This verb root was historically -wyęhwi-, and for that reason, it is part of the C-stem conjugation class. Note on usage:* The forms -ien- and -nien- are used only before the -st- causative suffix.

aayeienhwiha’I might, could, would, or should learn how to do it
a’yeienhwiha’I just learned how to do it, I am learning how to do it now
Chiehonwaienhwih ?Do you know how to make canoes?
ehänienhwiha’he will learn, he will complete it, he will know how to do it
Satrihwänienstah !Learn this thing, study it, make an effort to instruct yourself well!
seienhwihahLearn how to do it!
stan’ te’wayeienhwi’ndihI have not learned how to do it, I could not finish it, I did not know how to finish it
yeienhwi’sI learn how to do things, I am learning how to do something
yeienhwi’skwa’I used to learn how to do things

Stem type: Stative stem

Stem type: Stative past stem