hönd-/hoti-/hön-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 |
hönd- |
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| Phonological Form | hon- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hon- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hönd-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, i-stem, and o-stem. |
hoti- |
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| Phonological Form | hoti- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hoti- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hoti-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: 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. |
hön- |
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| Phonological Form | hon- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hon- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hön-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: en-stem and on-stem. |
Examples for entry
- höndarhonh
they are currently resting
- Ta’ohten’ hotiyehtontie’ ?
What are they going along carrying?
- tehöndarahtatih
they have run
- tehöndatontarihtih
they booed (they filled the lake with cries)
- tehönennonhsteyenh
they two are neighbors through the proximity of their houses