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Onkwendahchondiahkwa’ Wendat Dictionary
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Onkwendahchondiahkwa’ Wendat Dictionary

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Entry

skändahtsehkowänen’ah

Definition
  1. cherry
  2. cherry tree
Part of Speech verbal nominal
Phonological Form skanahtsehkowanęʔah
Pre-Wendat Form *skanahtsehkowanęʔah
Notes
Note on usage:
This term was translated in the Jesuit manuscripts as both 'cherry' and 'cherry tree', but there are multiple types of cherry trees in Wendat territory. Given the close resemblance to the term in Seneca for 'pin cherry', it is probable that this refers specifically to the pin cherry tree (Prunus pensylvanica).
Cross-references to manuscripts

Composition

Orthography s‑ ya‑ ‑nahtsehkw‑ ‑owanę‑ ‑h =’ah
Phonological Form s- ka- ‑nahtsehkw‑ ‑owanę‑ -h =ʔah
Interlinear gloss rep 3fz/n.sg.agt birch bark be big grand stat dim
Stem (verb) ‑nahtsehkw‑ ‑owanę‑ ‑h
Base (verb) ‑nahtsehkw‑ ‑owanę‑
Root (noun) ‑nahtsehkw‑
Root (verb) ‑owanę‑
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