Dictionnaire de la langue wendat / Wendat Dictionary

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Onkwendahchondiahkwa’ Wendat Dictionary

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tayw‑ / taywa‑ / taywä‑ / taywen‑ 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.
Definition	you (singular) > us all; transitive imperative pronominal prefix for second person singular acting on first person plural (3 or more) you two > us all; transitive imperative pronominal prefix for second person dual acting on first person plural (3 or more) you all > me; transitive imperative pronominal prefix for second person plural (3 or more) acting on first person singular you all > us two; transitive imperative pronominal prefix for second person plural (3 or more) acting on first person dual you all > us all; transitive imperative pronominal prefix for second person plural (3 or more) acting on first person plural (3 or more)
Part of Speech	pronominal prefix
Form	tayw‑
Phonological Form	takw-
Pre-Wendat Form	*takw‑
Notes	Note on usage: tayw‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem.
Form	taywa‑
Phonological Form	takwa-
Pre-Wendat Form	*takwa‑
Notes	Note on usage: taywa‑: 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.
Form	taywä‑
Phonological Form	takwa-
Pre-Wendat Form	*takwa‑
Notes	Note on usage: taywä‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class.
Form	taywen‑
Phonological Form	takwa-
Pre-Wendat Form	*takwa‑
Notes	Note on usage: taywen‑: 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 (taywa-) to become taywen-.

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