Entry
‑ahkPlease 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 | aspect-mood suffix |
| Phonological Form | -ahk |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ahk |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- aꞏyehchondiahay
I would, could or should be preparing things
- chiatennonhchiondiahk
you’re making yourself a house
- chiënionhronniahk
you make snowshoes, you’re making snowshoes
- eyehchondiahay
I will continue to prepare things
- ondae’ ïonniahk stan’ te’etshindatahren’sennihe’
this is the reason that we do not come to visit you
- Satatiahay !
Keep talking!
- Sehchondiahay !
Keep preparing things!
- shayotatiahk
he speaks to them, he is speaking to them
- te’watatiahk
she doesn’t speak yet
- tho iyäa’tayeh de hotisken’rayehtahk tiöndrahtayeh de kha’ skwarhaenton’
there are as many soldiers as there are leaves in your woods
- yehchondiahahk
I used to prepare something
- yehchondiahk
I prepare something, I am preparing something
- yehchrondiahahk
I used to prepare something
- yehchrondiahk
I prepare something, I am preparing something