Entry
‑ahkPlease 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 | expanded aspect-mood suffix |
| Phonological Form | -ahk |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ahk |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This form of the past suffix occurs with either habitual or stative stems. This form occurs after any consonant except a glottal stop. If the form of the preceding habitual suffix is -hk, the k of the habitual is elided. |
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Examples of the entry
- ewända’tarontahk eyiayenha’
I will go out as soon as I have my bread on the fire
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- yona’tihchiakhonhnen’ tha’ titehchi’trontahk
I went to look for you, but you weren’t there