-VhkPlease 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 | expanded aspect-mood suffix |
| Phonological Form | -Vhk |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-Vhk |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This form of the past suffix occurs with certain habitual stems ending in -hk. The k of the habitual suffix -hk is elided when it combines with this form of the past suffix. The capital V represents any vowel and is replaced by the last vowel of the habitual stem. |
Examples for entry
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- yehchondiahahk
I used to prepare something
- yehchrondiahahk
I used to prepare something
- yonwahrontonhonhk
I used to ask you questions