-iayi-/ayi-/-iänd-/änd-/-iän-/än-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 |
-iayi- |
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Phonological Form | -yaki- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yakni- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-iayi-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, C-stem, iV-stem, n(d)V-stem, and r-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. |
ayi- |
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Phonological Form | yaki- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yakni- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ayi-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, C-stem, iV-stem, n(d)V-stem, and r-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. |
-iänd- |
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Phonological Form | -yan- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yakni- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-iänd-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, i-stem, and o-stem. |
änd- |
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Phonological Form | yan- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yakni- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
änd-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, i-stem, and o-stem. |
-iän- |
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Phonological Form | -yan- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yakni- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-iän-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: en-stem and on-stem. |
än- |
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Phonological Form | yan- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yakni- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
än-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: en-stem and on-stem. |
Examples for entry
- iwerhe’ aaiayiarahskwa’
she wants to leave with me
- teayia’tayeh
we are two
- tsayia’tat
we are one, she and I or he and I