Entry
‑ienhwi‑/‑nienhwi‑/‑ien‑/‑nien‑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 | verb root |
| Verb Class | agent stative verb |
| Conjugation Class | C-stem |
| Form | ‑ienhwi‑ |
| Phonological Form | -wyęhwi- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑wyęhwi‑ |
| Form | ‑nienhwi‑ |
| Phonological Form | -wyęhwi- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑wyęhwi‑ |
| Form | ‑ien‑ |
| Phonological Form | -wyę- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑wyę‑ |
| Form | ‑nien‑ |
| Phonological Form | -wyę- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑wyę‑ |
| Noun Incorporation Status | Noun incorporation optionally occurs with this form. |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This verb root was historically *-wyęhwi-, and for that reason, it is part of the C-stem conjugation class. Note on usage:
The forms -ien- and -nien- are used only before the -st- causative suffix. |
| Cross-references to manuscripts | |
Examples
Examples of the entry
- a’yeienhwiha’
I just learned how to do it, I am learning how to do it now
- aꞏyeienhwiha’
I might, could, would, or should learn how to do it
- Chiehonwaienhwih ?
Do you know how to make canoes?
- ehänienhwiha’
he will learn, he will complete it, he will know how to do it
- hänienhwihtahnon’
he is ambidextrous, he knows how to do things from both sides, with both hands
- hänienhwihtih on’wahti’
to his right, toward his right
- öne onyrihwenta’s de kherihwaienständihihk
I just finished the teaching I was doing
- Satënienstah ! Ehchea’tenht de chëen’ah.
Be careful! You’ll let your child fall.
- Satrihwänienstah !
Learn this thing, study it, make an effort to instruct yourself well!
- Seienhwihah !
Learn how to do it!
- 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
- yeienhwi’s
I learn how to do things, I am learning how to do something
- yeienhwi’skwa’
I used to learn how to do things
- yënienhwih
I know how to do that
See also:
- ‑atrihwaienst‑ / ‑atrihwänienst‑
to learn something, to study
- ethonrihwaienstha’
school
- ‑ienhwi’‑ / ‑nienhwi’‑ / ‑ienhwi’nd‑ / ‑nienhwi’nd‑ / ‑ienhwih‑ / ‑nienhwih‑
to learn how to do something; to execute a task after having learned how to do something
- ‑rihwaienständi‑ / ‑rihwänienständi‑ / ‑rihwaiensten‑ / ‑rihwäniensten‑
teach someone
Verb stems
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-ienhwih / -nienhwih
Stem type: Stative stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ ‑h Phonological Form -wyęhwi- / -wyę- -h Interlinear gloss know how stat Stem (verb) ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ ‑h Base (verb) ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ Root (verb) ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ Stem examples
- yënienhwih
I know how to do that
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-ienhwihnen’ / -nienhwihnen’
Stem type: Stative past stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ ‑h ‑nen’ Phonological Form -wyęhwi- / -wyę- -h -nęʔ Interlinear gloss know how stat past Stem (verb) ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ ‑h ‑nen’ Base (verb) ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ Root (verb) ‑ienhwi‑ / ‑nienhwi‑ / ‑ien‑ / ‑nien‑ Stem examples
- yënienhwih