Entry
te‑/t‑/ti‑/‑k‑/‑Ø‑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 | prepronominal prefix |
| Form | te‑ |
| Phonological Form | te- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *te‑ |
| Form | t‑ |
| Phonological Form | t- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *t‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
t‑: This form of the duplicative prefix occurs before the future or optative modal prefixes and after the factual modal prefix. It also appears before the cislocative in imperatives. Finally, it also occurs before the following pronominal prefixes: the second person patient prefixes, the second person dual and plural agent prefixes, and the first person inclusive dual and plural agent prefixes. |
| Form | ti‑ |
| Phonological Form | ti- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ti‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ti‑: This form of the duplicative prefix occurs in imperatives. It also occurs between the factual and the following pronominal prefixes: the second person patient prefixes, the second person dual and plural agent prefixes, and the first person inclusive dual and plural agent prefixes. |
| Form | ‑k‑ |
| Phonological Form | -t- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑t‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑k‑: This form occurs between the factual prefix and pronominal prefixes that begin with w. |
| Form | ‑Ø‑ |
| Phonological Form | -t- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑t‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑Ø‑: This form occurs between the factual prefix and pronominal prefixes that begin with y (*k). |
| Cross-references to manuscripts | |
Examples
Examples of the entry
- ahsonh ta’teshathas
he is not yet getting back up (from being sick)
- Atayakahtahnde’skah ha’tewentayehk !
Come visit me every day!
- a’karahtat
I ran, I am running now
- a’katen’ de yahonhk
the Canada goose flew away
- a’katonronton’ ha’tiaondih ahehetsaron’
I really made an effort to encourage him, I used all of my knowhow, I put all of it to use, I made use of all the diverse means, all the possible ways, I did everything possible
- a’kehk
I took it
- a’kwatehchirawa’
it is unblocked, unplugged
- a’kwatronhiakhahska’
the sky opened up
- a’thontenda’wahche’nd de tsou’tayi’
they were going, coming to hunt beaver
- Chia’testa’ ?
Are you two the same age?
- Chia’tisaht !
Divide this in two equal parts! Take half of it!
- ha’teondehcheh
in all the land
- ha’tewentayeh tehchiatehiahchiorennhon’
you will rub your arm twice every day (with some liquid or oil)
- ha’tewentayeh yatrendaenhnde’s kha’yendeh iyar
I come here to pray every day at this time
- ha’teyänonhskeh
in all of the houses
- Kwïohti öne tehata’s de hehchien’ah ?
Does your son stand up on his feet?
- stan’ ta’tekehtahnde’
I’m not coming back
- stan’ ta’tekwayehtih
I will not return from [location]
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
one cannot see one another at all, that’s how much it’s snowing
- stan’ ta’tesarih
you’re not wearing shoes
- stan’ ta’teska’ratehche’ de oyenronhatie’
I will no longer need snowshoes in the spring
- Tahchrihwahkwahndah !
Come here and sing!
- taꞏyarahtat
I might, could, would, or should run
- teayia’tayeh
we are two
- tehchiahonhtaweyih
you are deaf
- tehia’toyenh ihatienhk
he is sitting in the middle of these two men
- tehikhenh
they are twins
- tehirihkennie’s
they two argue
- tehöndarahtatih
they have run
- tehöndatontarihtih
they booed (they filled the lake with cries)
- tehönennonhsteyenh
they two are neighbors through the proximity of their houses
- tehotenda’wahchonh
he has gone hunting, and consequentially, he is currently hunting
- tehonrahtas
they run, they are running
- tehonrahtathonhk de hatichia’ahah
the little children race to see who runs the fastest
- tekwayendia’was
I vomit, I’m vomiting
- tëndih teyentiohkwayeh
two clans, bands
- teohonwen’tonhch
the canoe is rocking side to side
- Teotia’yih ontahreht
he’s coming from Montreal
- teontatennonhronhkwänionhk
they greet each other
- teontokhwas yentsonh
the fish are diving into the water
- teonywatekhahskawanh
we are separated
- teshaontarïa’yih
he has recrossed the ocean
- teshonywarahtatih
he has escaped from us running
- tetia’toyenh aꞏhatien’
so that he may sit in the middle of you and me
- tewatienta’tonhch
the stick is bending
- tewayahchi’torathonh
I have two sprained feet
- tewayarahchi’tarahkwih
I have both feet on top of something
- tewayehkwanh
I have taken it
- tewayrihwahkwanh
I’m singing right now
- tewendihwen’s
lightning strikes, lightning is striking
- tewendihwen’ska’
there will continue to be lightning
- teyahwen’yarakhenh
two boards joined to one another
- teyarahtat
I will run
- teyehkwa’
I take it, I’m taking it
- teyeta’s
I stand up, I'm standing up
- teye’iahs
I play, I’m a player
- teyiatatrehchronhk aye’ndiyonhra’yeh
two different thoughts are pushing each other, fighting each other in my mind
- tho aꞏht teke’
I’m coming back soon
- tho aꞏht teke’
I will come back soon
- tiosken’nia’ a’tehontre’
they are not far from one another
- Tisakahnrenh !
Look at that!
- Tisarahtat !
Run! Go quickly!
- Tisatatia’toreht !
Examine and think carefully about the state you are in, your own mood!
- Tisesahk !
Take this dish !
- Titaya’tatonhchahkwenh !
Help me pick up my basket!
- Titayekhahskawa’s !
Separate this for me!
- Titsatahah !
Stand up!
- Titsatont tsindiahay !
Join together so you can all eat from the same plate!
- Titsa’y !
Cut it in two!
- Titsentahk !
Pick up this wood!
- Titsikwarariy !
Put the two ends of the blanket together!
- Titsirihwa’ndetenh !
Say that twice! Sing it again!
- tonsaonywäa’tahkwen’ de hoen’ah
she just took her son away from us (who, for example, had come to visit us)
- Tontasehent !
Come back first!
- tontawathorathe’
the cold is going to return
See also:
- duplicative + ‑ahsen‑
be two tens
- ahsenh tëndih teskare’
twelve
- duplicative + ‑arahta‑ / ‑arahtat‑
to run
;to flee from someone, to run away from someone
- duplicative + ‑ato’tsindet‑ / ‑ato’tsindeht‑
to ice-skate, to skate around on ice skates
- duplicative + ‑aye‑ / ‑ye‑
to be two of something
- translocative & duplicative + ‑aye‑ / ‑ye‑
to be all, every of something
- duplicative + ‑endihwen’‑ / ‑endihwen’y‑
for there to be lightning, for lightning to flash, strike
;to have lightning striking, flashing while doing something
- duplicative + ‑hkw‑ / ‑hk‑
to take something, pick it up off the ground, grab it, seize it, capture it, remove it from where one finds it, collect it, take it away, remove it
- duplicative & repetitive + ‑re‑
to be two above ten
- tëndih tewahsenh
twenty
- tewen’ndiskaront
bicycle