yaon-/yae-/yaë-/yäay-/ya-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 |
yaon- |
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| Phonological Form | kayǫ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayǫ- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaon-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the a-stem conjugation class with the resulting loss of the vowel a of the stem. |
yae- |
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| Phonological Form | kaye- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kaye- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yae-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: C-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, and i-stem. In some cases, the form ya- is used with the i-stem conjugation class. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the vowel i (i-stem), the vowel i is elided. |
yaë- |
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| Phonological Form | kaye- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kaye- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yaë-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
yäay- |
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| Phonological Form | kayak- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayak- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäay-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
ya- |
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| Phonological Form | kay- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kay- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ya-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the i-stem conjugation class. In some cases, the form yae- is used with the i-stem conjugation class. |