Entry
‑atat‑/‑atak‑/‑atate‑/‑ataten‑/‑atänd‑/‑ata‑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 | voice prefix |
| Form | ‑atat‑ |
| Phonological Form | -atat- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atat‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑atat‑: This form of the reflexive prefix occurs before most vowels, a single sonorant r or i (*y), or a cluster with the sonorant r, such as hr. |
| Form | ‑atak‑ |
| Phonological Form | -atat- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atat‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑atak‑: This form of the reflexive prefix occurs before the glide w and sometimes before the glide i (*y). |
| Form | ‑atate‑ |
| Phonological Form | -atate- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atate‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | ‑ataten‑ |
| Phonological Form | -atatę- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atatę‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑ataten‑: This form of the reflexive prefix occurs before n or the consonant clusters ’n and hn. |
| Form | ‑atänd‑ |
| Phonological Form | -atan- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atan‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | ‑ata‑ |
| Phonological Form | -atat- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atat‑ |
| Notes | |
| Cross-references to manuscripts | |
Examples
Examples of the entry
- Chiatatennonhchionniänihk sonhwa’ ? Stan’ tehia’ndiara’sennihk de hehchien’ah ?
Are you building your house all by yourself? Your son doesn’t help you?
- haonhwa’ hatändiht
he talks about himself
- Onsatsataten’ndiyonhrahchondiah ändiare’
Reconcile with one another beforehand!
- ontatia’skenhatie’
they’ve just seen tracks
- Sataten’ndiyonhroiah !
Amuse yourself! Entertain yourself a bit!
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
one cannot see one another at all, that’s how much it’s snowing
- teontatennonhronhkwänionhk
they greet each other
- teyiatatrehchronhk aye’ndiyonhra’yeh
two different thoughts are pushing each other, fighting each other in my mind
- Tisatatia’toreht !
Examine and think carefully about the state you are in, your own mood!
See also:
- ‑atändita’wahtändi‑ / ‑atändita’wahten‑
to pretend to be asleep
- ‑atate’ndiara’senni‑ / ‑atate’ngiara’senni‑ / ‑atate’ndiara’s‑ / ‑atate’ngiara’s‑
to help each other, to help one another