yaeskw-/yaeskwa-/yaeskwä-/yaeskwen-/yaets-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 |
yaeskw- |
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| Phonological Form | kayesw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayeʦw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaeskw-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
yaeskwa- |
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| Phonological Form | kayeswa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayeʦwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaeskwa-: 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. |
yaeskwä- |
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| Phonological Form | kayeswa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayeʦwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaeskwä-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
yaeskwen- |
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| Phonological Form | kayeswa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayeʦwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaeskwen-: 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 (yaeskwa-) to become yaeskwen-. |
yaets- |
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| Phonological Form | kayetsw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayeʦw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaets-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |