Entry
‑atenro‑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 | verb root |
| Verb Class | patient stative verb |
| Conjugation Class | a-stem |
| Phonological Form | -atęro- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑atęro‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This verb cannot take singular pronominal prefixes because of its meaning. Note on usage:
This verb might have had a gendered association in past use, referring to male friendship. However, later manuscripts from the mid-18th century provide example forms for this verb with feminine pronominal prefixes. |
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Verb stems
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-atenro’
Stem type: Stative stemPronominal prefixes: PatientComposition
Orthography ‑atenro‑ ‑’ Phonological Form -atęro- -ʔ Interlinear gloss be friends stat Stem (verb) ‑atenro‑ ‑’ Base (verb) ‑atenro‑ Root (verb) ‑atenro‑ Stem examples