-ies-/es-/-iesa-/esa-/-iesä-/esä-/-iesen-/esen-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 |
-ies- |
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| Phonological Form | -yes- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-yes- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
-ies-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
es- |
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| Phonological Form | yes- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yes- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
es-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
-iesa- |
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| Phonological Form | -yesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-yesa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
-iesa-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially 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. |
esa- |
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| Phonological Form | yesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yesa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
esa-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially 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. |
-iesä- |
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| Phonological Form | -yesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-yesa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
-iesä-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
esä- |
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| Phonological Form | yesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yesa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
esä-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
-iesen- |
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| Phonological Form | -yesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-yesa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
-iesen-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (-iesa-) to become -iesen-. |
esen- |
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| Phonological Form | yesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yesa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
esen-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (esa-) to become esen-. |
Examples for entry
- a’esatahronton’
they asked how you were doing