khe-/khë-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 |
khe- |
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| Phonological Form | khe- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *khe- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
khe-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, C-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, i-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with either the vowel i (i-stem) or the glide i (iV-stem), the vowel i or the glide i is elided. |
khë- |
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| Phonological Form | khe- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *khe- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
khë-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, en-stem, and n(d)V-stem. |
Examples for entry
- khewendahronkha’ de ayoatsih
I hear people singing