-w-/Ø-/Ø-/-i-/ya-/yä-/yen-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 |
-w- |
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Phonological Form | -w- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-w- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-w-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
Ø- |
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Phonological Form | w- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *w- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
Ø-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
Ø- |
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Phonological Form | y- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *y- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
Ø-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
-i- |
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Phonological Form | -y- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-y- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-i-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
ya- |
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Phonological Form | ka- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ka- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ya-: 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. |
yä- |
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Phonological Form | ka- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ka- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
yä-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
yen- |
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Phonological Form | ka- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ka- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
yen-: 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 (ya-) to become yen-. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aahchiatehenhk chionyweh te’yenh, ondae’ ïohtih tehchiatehen’s de chiëniennonh iyenh
you would be ashamed if you were a man, what makes you not ashamed is the fact that you’re a dog
- ahsonh te’kenheonhche’s
she is not yet going to die, she will not die of it yet
- ahsonh te’yahchondih
it is not yet prepared
- Atayakahtahnde’skah ha’tewentayehk !
Come visit me every day!
- a’katen’ de yahonhk
the Canada goose flew away
- a’tere’ iwahsenh iyahonwayeh yahonwïio’ ontawehnde’
there are eighty ships coming
- a’yängwenha’
it just snowed
- chia’weyat
the same water
- dekha’ entate’
this day
- ehechieht onhwa’ kha’ entate’
you will wake him up today
- Ënonhkwa’t se’nienhah !
Go gather a medicinal herb or root!
- eondout
it will rain
- eska’iakha’ yahonhk
I will return to the hunt for Canada geese
- Etiontarändeyenh
Locust Tree Point Piver
- hatindehronhe’s yändahtsehkwa’
they go every day to peel birch bark to make canoes
- ha’teondehcheh
in all the land
- ha’tewentayeh tehchiatehiahchiorennhon’
you will rub your arm twice every day (with some liquid or oil)
- ha’tewentayeh yatrendaenhnde’s kha’yendeh iyar
I come here to pray every day at this time
- ha’teyänonhskeh
in all of the houses
- iwerhe’ aaiayiarahskwa’
she wants to leave with me
- khondae’ iwetsih
it is of this length
- öne yihchiakhe’ de ënonhkwa’t
I’m going to go look for a medicine
- onhwa’ tho aaht ewatehchienht
it’s soon going to be bad weather
- Onsatsehra’tah ! Ahsonh te’yashe’tih.
Put some more liquor in this bottle! It isn’t full.
- ontawatoiahnde’
the storm is coming
- Satahrontonh tiyarihou’tenh !
Go inform yourself about the matter!
- skarihwat
a single matter, a single thing
- skarontat
one sole tree
- skat
one sole thing
- skawendat
a single voice
- stan’ chiyitahkwa’ te’yenh
it isn’t at all my intention that I do this
- stan’ ne endi’ yewendïio’ te’yenh dekha’ ekaenton’
I am not the owner of these pieces of furniture
- stan’ onyiatsi’ te’yenh
we two are not friends
- stan’ te’ondouthe’
it’s not going to rain
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- stan’ the’skwese’
she’s not going to return
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- tëndih teyentiohkwayeh
two clans, bands
- tewatienta’tonhch
the stick is bending
- tewendihwen’s
lightning strikes, lightning is striking
- teyahwen’yarakhenh
two boards joined to one another
- te’watatiahk
she doesn’t speak yet
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- te’yatoyenh
it is false
- Tho ewayehk ?
How many things will there be?
- tho ihchien’ ha’yeht hewetha’ de änen’enh
I’m going where my mother usually goes
- Tho iwayeh ?
How many things are there?
- Tho iwayehnen’ ?
How many things were there?
- tho iyahra’
it’s above, on top
- tontawathorathe’
the cold is going to return
- tsoti’ndiyonhrat iyenh
they have but one mind
- tsonywa’ndiyonrat iyenh
we all have but one mind
- yänonhchietsih
long house, longhouse
- yaronhia’yeh tihchion’ hatironnion’
there is a multitude of stars appearing in the sky
- yarontout
there is a tree standing up
- yatoyenh
it is true
- yawahstahnonhk
it’s usually good weather