yäayw-/yäaywa-/yäaywä-/yäaywen-/yäayi-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 |
yäayw- |
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| Phonological Form | kayakw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäayw-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
yäaywa- |
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| Phonological Form | kayakwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäaywa-: This pronominal prefix form is used 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. |
yäaywä- |
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| Phonological Form | kayakwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäaywä-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
yäaywen- |
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| Phonological Form | kayakwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäaywen-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (yäaywa-) to become yäaywen-. |
yäayi- |
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| Phonological Form | kayakw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäayi-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |