-ionyw-/onyw-/-ionywa-/-ionywä-/onywa-/onywä-/-ionywen-/onywen-/-ionyi-/onyi-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 |
-ionyw- |
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Phonological Form | -yǫkw- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yǫkw- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-ionyw-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
onyw- |
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Phonological Form | yǫkw- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkw- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
onyw-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
-ionywa- |
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Phonological Form | -yǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-ionywa-: 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. |
-ionywä- |
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Phonological Form | -yǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-ionywä-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
onywa- |
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Phonological Form | yǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
onywa-: 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. |
onywä- |
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Phonological Form | yǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
onywä-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
-ionywen- |
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Phonological Form | -yǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-ionywen-: 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 (-ionywa-) to become -ionywen-. |
onywen- |
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Phonological Form | yǫkwa- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkwa- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
onywen-: 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 (onywa-) to become onywen-. |
-ionyi- |
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Phonological Form | -yǫkw- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-yǫkw- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
-ionyi-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
onyi- |
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Phonological Form | yǫkw- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkw- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
onyi-: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
Examples for entry
- onywa’tariha’tih
we are all hot
- tonsaonywäa’tahkwen’ de hoen’ah
she just took her son away from us (who, for example, had come to visit us)
- tsonywa’ndiyonrat iyenh
we all have but one mind