shonyw-/shonywa-/shonywä-/shonywen-/shonyi-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 |
shonyw- |
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Phonological Form | shǫkw- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *shǫkw- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
shonyw-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
shonywa- |
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Phonological Form | shǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *shǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
shonywa-: 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. |
shonywä- |
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Phonological Form | shǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *shǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
shonywä-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
shonywen- |
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Phonological Form | shǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *shǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
shonywen-: 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 (shonywa-) to become shonywen-. |
shonyi- |
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Phonological Form | shǫkw- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *shǫkw- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
shonyi-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
Examples for entry
- teshonywarahtatih
he has escaped from us running