ho-/hö-/haw-/ha-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 |
ho- |
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| Phonological Form | ho- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ho- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ho-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, C-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, and i-stem. 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 is a-stem or i-stem, the initial vowel of the stem is elided. |
hö- |
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| Phonological Form | ho- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ho- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hö-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
haw- |
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| Phonological Form | haw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *haw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
haw-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem and en-stem. |
ha- |
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| Phonological Form | hay- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *haw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ha-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- ahokhonwayentëndi’
he was dizzy from the canoe
- aonsahoerihk asken
hopefully he’ll get better
- Hahnen’ hehawehtih ?
Where has he gone?
- hoayenhchronh
he is attending to his needs, i.e., he has gone out to the bathroom
- hoa’tatekha’
his body burns, his body is burning
- hokonhchiahsehtih
he has hidden his face, his face is hidden
- ho’nienhonh
he has gone to gather [herbs, seeds, roots, etc.]
- ihoeh
he has woken up, he is awake
- kha’ ihotien’
he is sitting here
- ontahoa’ta’tariha’t
the fever just hit him, the fever is hitting him now
- stan’ tehoa’tahrenhwih, awentenhaonh ihre’s
he doesn’t stop at all, he is always moving
- Stan’ tho kha’ te’thöonh N. ?
[Name], he hasn’t entered here at all?
- tehotahs
he doesn’t sleep, he is not sleeping
- tehotenda’wahchonh
he has gone hunting, and consequentially, he is currently hunting
- tho on’wahti’ eshotakhehtih
he has come back from there running, he started to flee again from that side
- tonsaonywäa’tahkwen’ de hoen’ah
she just took her son away from us (who, for example, had come to visit us)