hekw-/hekwa-/hekwä-/hekwen-/heti-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 |
hekw- |
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| Phonological Form | hetw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hetw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hekw-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
hekwa- |
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| Phonological Form | hetwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hetwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hekwa-: 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. |
hekwä- |
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| Phonological Form | hetwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hetwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hekwä-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
hekwen- |
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| Phonological Form | hetwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hetwa- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hekwen-: 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 (hekwa-) to become hekwen-. |
heti- |
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| Phonological Form | hetw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hetw- |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
heti-: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |