Entry
‑w‑/‑yw‑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 | ‑w‑ |
| Phonological Form | -kw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑kw‑ |
| Form | ‑yw‑ |
| Phonological Form | -kw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑kw‑ |
| Cross-references to manuscripts | |
Examples
Examples of the entry
- ahchiatowa’
you narrowly escaped it
- ayotsa’tänionwanhatie’
they are at the end of their meal, they are arriving having eaten their meal
- a’kwatehchirawa’
it is unblocked, unplugged
- Sahiontawah !
Gather some fruit!
- sahwenh de eyatsa’tänionwa’
wait until I finish eating my meal
- Satehnhontawah de isahnhont !
Take out what you have in your mouth!
- yehiatonwahe’ de skehiatondih
here I am, I’m coming to you to pay my debt
- yrawas
I choose, I’m choosing
See also:
- ‑ahchondiaw‑ / ‑ahchonniaw‑
undress oneself
- ‑atehnhontaw‑
to take something out of one's mouth
- ‑atia’traw‑
to withdraw oneself from others, to leave, abandon or renounce a certain group, activity, or place
- ‑atraw‑
to leave or go off a path or trail, to stray from a path, to move away or turn away from a path, to take another route, to separate from someone else on a path so that each person is on a different side
- ‑en’ndiyonhraraw‑
to take one’s mind or one’s thoughts off something, to stop thinking about something
- ‑hnhontaw‑
to take something out of someone's mouth
- ‑ia’traw‑
to choose someone or some animal from a group, to remove someone or some animal from a group, to take out someone or some animal from inside
- ‑nhotonw‑ / ‑nhotonyw‑
to open the door
- ‑raw‑
to choose something from a group, to remove something from a group, to take something out from inside something else
- ‑rihwaraw‑
to approve something
;to notice something in particular, to consider something attentively, to take something seriously, to take something literally
;to watch out for something, to take offence at something, to make an issue out of something