-way-/ay-/-waye-/aye-/-wä-/ä-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 |
-way- |
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Phonological Form | -wak- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-wak- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-way-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, e-stem, en-stem, i-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
ay- |
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Phonological Form | wak- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *wak- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ay-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, e-stem, en-stem, i-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
-waye- |
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Phonological Form | -wake- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-wake- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-waye-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the C-stem conjugation class. |
aye- |
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Phonological Form | wake- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *wake- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
aye-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the C-stem conjugation class. |
-wä- |
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Phonological Form | -wak- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-wak- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-wä-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
ä- |
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Phonological Form | wak- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *wak- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
ä-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aawayehchondihk
I might, could, would or should have prepared something
- aayienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- ayahchi’torathonh
I sprained my foot
- ayatatih
I have spoken
- ayatsa’tänion’
I’m eating a meal right now
- ayehchondih
I have prepared something
- ayewendierihenh
I have given my word, I am committed, my voice is straight
- ayihrenh
I have drunk
- ekwändehahchatändihk
my heart is pounding, leaping, jumping
- ewayehchondihk
I will have prepared something
- ewayrio’
she will kill me
- hewayonnhontionh
I still have a long time to live
- iwayenh
I have said
- ne ontayehchiaht de änenhawenh yehen’
I used up all of my corn
- öne ihchien’ ayarhonh
I’m resting now
- onsayaka’ de aonyarahskwanhnen’
I abandoned the thought of leaving
- skwaye’ndiyonhrat
I have only one thought, my thought is just one
- stan’ ta’tekwayehtih
I will not return from [location]
- stan’ te’wayatatih
I have not spoken
- stan’ te’wayeienhwi’ndih
I have not learned how to do it, I could not finish it, I did not know how to finish it
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- tekwayendia’was
I vomit, I’m vomiting
- tewayahchi’torathonh
I have two sprained feet
- tewayehkwanh
I have taken it
- tewayrihwahkwanh
I’m singing right now
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- te’wayita’ndih
I have not slept
- tho ihchien’ ha’yeht hewetha’ de änen’enh
I’m going where my mother usually goes