h-/ha-/hä-/hen-/hr-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 |
h- |
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Phonological Form | h- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *hr- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
h-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
ha- |
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Phonological Form | ha- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *hra- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ha-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: C-stem, iV-stem, and r-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. |
hä- |
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Phonological Form | ha- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *hra- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
hä-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
hen- |
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Phonological Form | ha- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *hra- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
hen-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (ha-) to become hen-. |
hr- |
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Phonological Form | hr- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *hr- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
hr-: This pronominal prefix form is used when the primary stress of the word occurs before the pronominal prefix, as is the case when the prothetic i- is used. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- ahatia’ta’ta’
he bent over, stooped
- ahchietehk esha’ndënia’
he will be one year old tomorrow, he will reach the day of his birth tomorrow
- ahsonh ta’teshathas
he is not yet getting back up (from being sick)
- chiahentahk aharihwahseht
he hid this matter intentionally
- ehänienhwiha’
he will learn, he will complete it, he will know how to do it
- häa’tou’tenh
this is his natural type, he is naturally like this
- hahskweyih
he is mute
- harihwayennia’tha’
he exaggerates
- okendia’tih hayowänenh
he is extremely big
- onsahatakhe’
he’s coming back running
- ontahäa’tenha’
he fell from above
- stan’ tehoa’tahrenhwih, awentenhaonh ihre’s
he doesn’t stop at all, he is always moving
- tho ihäa’tou’tenh ne endi’ iyia’tou’tenh
he is built like me
- tho ihawendou’tenh tihchiewendou’tenh
he speaks like you