y-/ye-/Ø-/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 | pronominal prefix |
y- |
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Phonological Form | k- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *k- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
y-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, e-stem, en-stem, i-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
ye- |
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Phonological Form | ke- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ke- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ye-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the C-stem conjugation class. |
Ø- |
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Phonological Form | k- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *k- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
Ø-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. In some cases, the form i- is used with this conjugation class. |
i- |
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Phonological Form | k- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *k- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
i-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. In some cases, the null form (Ø-) is used with this conjugation class. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aayatatia’
that I (may) speak; so that I speak; I must speak; I could speak; I should speak
- aayehchondiahay
I would, could or should be preparing things
- aayehchondia’
I might, could, would, or should prepare something
- aayeienhwiha’
I might, could, would, or should learn how to do it
- aayienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- a’karahtat
I ran, I am running now
- a’katonronton’ ha’tiaondih ahehetsaron’
I really made an effort to encourage him, I used all of my knowhow, I put all of it to use, I made use of all the diverse means, all the possible ways, I did everything possible
- a’kehk
I took it
- a’yatatia’
I’m speaking now, I just spoke, I spoke
- a’yatrendaenhnde’
I’m going to pray
- a’yehchondia’
I just prepared something, I am preparing something now
- a’yeienhwiha’
I just learned how to do it, I am learning how to do it now
- a’yetsihstahrehche’
I’m going to stoke, stir the fire
- eskatieronhkwaha’
my strength will come back to me
- eyehchondiahay
I will continue to prepare things
- eyehchondia’
I will prepare something
- hara’ tho ontayakonhchiouten’
I’m only coming in for a moment
- ha’tewentayeh yatrendaenhnde’s kha’yendeh iyar
I come here to pray every day at this time
- hesketha’
I go back there often
- inonhwe’
I love, I love her, I love it (animal or object)
- iyatonhk
I say, I’m saying
- iyech
I eat, I'm eating
- iyerhe’
I want, I think
- 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
- ne ontayehchiaht de änenhawenh yehen’
I used up all of my corn
- öne a’yate’wahe’
I’m going to flee
- öne yihchiakhe’ de ënonhkwa’t
I’m going to go look for a medicine
- onhwa’ eyia’trahcha’
I will go now to attend it
- onhwa’ eyia’trahche’nd
I was going to go now to attend it
- onsayaka’ de aonyarahskwanhnen’
I abandoned the thought of leaving
- stan’ chiyitahkwa’ te’yenh
it isn’t at all my intention that I do this
- stan’ te’yarhonhk de yahahänien’te’s
I don’t rest while traveling
- stan’ te’yatawanhnde’
I’m not going to take a bath, I don’t intend to take a bath
- stan’ te’yia’tahtonhnde’
I’m not going to get lost
- taayarahtat
I might, could, would, or should run
- teyarahtat
I will run
- teyehkwa’
I take it, I’m taking it
- teyeta’s
I stand up, I'm standing up
- teye’iahs
I play, I’m a player
- te’skatriho’tathe’
I will not pay attention
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- tho ihäa’tou’tenh ne endi’ iyia’tou’tenh
he is built like me
- tho ihchien’ ha’yeht hewetha’ de änen’enh
I’m going where my mother usually goes
- yehchondiahahk
I used to prepare something
- yehchondiahk
I prepare something, I am preparing something
- yehchrondiahahk
I used to prepare something
- yehchrondiahk
I prepare something, I am preparing something
- yeienhwi’s
I learn how to do things, I am learning how to do something
- yeienhwi’skwa’
I used to learn how to do things
- yewendatënions
I translate, I am translating, I am a translator
- yiayenhchre’
I’m going to tend to my needs, i.e., I’m going to go out to the bathroom
- yienterih
I know it well
- yienterihnen’
I knew it