Entry
‑ni‑/‑ndi‑/‑’sen‑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 | derivational suffix |
| Form | ‑ni‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ni- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ni‑ |
| Form | ‑ndi‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ni- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ni‑ |
| Form | ‑’sen‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ʔsę- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ʔsę‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
The form -ni- or -ndi- occurs with the habitual and stative aspect-moods, and the form -’sen- occurs with the punctual and imperative aspect-moods. |
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Examples of the entry
- a’skakwendawe’sen’
you refused me, you blocked your voice from me
- stan’ te’yonwakwendaweyindihk
I don’t refuse you anything, I’m not refusing you anything