Entry
te’‑/te‑/ta’‑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 | teʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *teʔ‑ |
| Form | te‑ |
| Phonological Form | teʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *teʔ‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
te‑: This form of the negative prefix occurs before pronominal prefixes that begin with h. |
| Form | ta’‑ |
| Phonological Form | taʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *taʔ‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ta’‑: This form of the negative prefix occurs before the duplicative prepronominal prefix. |
| Cross-references to manuscripts | |
Examples
Examples of the entry
- ahskennon’nia khënonhtenhk tha’ titeonton’wes
I give it to them for nothing, without an ulterior motive, in peace, and nevertheless, they are not grateful
- ahsonh ta’teshathas
he is not yet getting back up (from being sick)
- ahsonh te’kenheonhche’s
she is not yet going to die, she will not die of it yet
- ahsonh te’satondihnen’
you had not yet been born
- ahsonh te’yahchondih
it is not yet prepared
- aꞏhchiatehenhk chionyweh te’yenh, ondae’ ïohtih tehchiatehen’s de chiëniennonh iyenh
you would be ashamed if you were a man, what makes you not ashamed is the fact that you’re a dog
- aꞏyienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- Chiatatennonhchionniänihk sonhwa’ ? Stan’ tehia’ndiara’sennihk de hehchien’ah ?
Are you building your house all by yourself? Your son doesn’t help you?
- heskwenda’yerahtih Haondehchehte’ tha’ titeheskwenda’yeratha’ de ihatonhk tho atsier
you have made Haondehchehte’ your leader, however you don’t treat him as a leader (you don’t imitate him) now that he tells you to do so
- ihënha’s ihchien’ tha’ titehatriho’tats
I order him, but he doesn’t listen
- ondae’ ïonniahk stan’ te’etshindatahren’sennihe’
this is the reason that we do not come to visit you
- Onsatsehra’tah ! Ahsonh te’yashe’tih.
Put some more liquor in this bottle! It isn’t full.
- stan’ a’niänihten’ te’wa’tariha’tha’ de kha’ tsondehchen’
it is never warm here in your country
- stan’ chiyitahkwa’ te’yenh
it isn’t at all my intention that I do this
- stan’ ihchien’ te’watehchienhtahnde’
it will not be bad weather during the entire day
- stan’ ne endi’ yewendïio’ te’yenh dekha’ ekaenton’
I am not the owner of these pieces of furniture
- stan’ nondae’ te’wayeya’wa’sennihk
I don’t like the taste of this
- stan’ onyiatsi’ te’yenh
we two are not friends
- 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
- stan’ tehoa’tahrenhwih, awentenhaonh ihre’s
he doesn’t stop at all, he is always moving
- stan’ te’ondouthe’
it’s not going to rain
- stan’ te’ont
there’s nothing in the fire
- stan’ te’sarihierihahtih
you have not spoken sincerely, honestly
- stan’ te’thayia’trahkwih
he has not involved me, he has not made me participate
- stan’ te’wayatatih
I have not spoken
- stan’ te’wayeienhwi’ndih
I have not learned how to do it, I could not finish it, I did not know how to finish it
- stan’ te’yarhonhk de yahahänien’te’s
I don’t rest while traveling
- stan’ te’yatawanhnde’
I’m not going to take a bath, I don’t intend to take a bath
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- stan’ te’yia’tahtonhnde’
I’m not going to get lost
- stan’ te’yonwakwendaweyindihk
I don’t refuse you anything, I’m not refusing you anything
- Stan’ tho kha’ te’thöonh N. ?
[Name], he hasn’t entered here at all?
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- tehäa’tate’y eyenhk
he will not be present
- tehorihwahrenhwi’sennihk
he doesn’t determine, conclude anything; the thing, the matter doesn’t stop or stay still in his mind
- tehotahs
he doesn’t sleep, he is not sleeping
- te’ea’tate’
there’s no one there
- te’khëndaratih onyweh
I have not put any human into the world, I have not had children
- te’khëndare’ de khëen’ah aꞏyenhk
I don’t have anyone who is like my child, I don’t have any children
- te’onkwendierihahs
they do not speak clearly at all
- te’skatriho’tathe’
I will not pay attention
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- te’watatiahk
she doesn’t speak yet
- te’wayita’ndih
I have not slept
- te’wayonhrataen’
I don’t have any shovel
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- te’yatoyenh
it is false
- te’yatoyenh nondae’
that is false
- yona’tihchiakhonhnen’ tha’ titehchi’trontahk
I went to look for you, but you weren’t there
See also:
- steniestha’ te’yaen’
zero (lit. there is nothing)