Dictionnaire de la langue wendat / Wendat Dictionary

Entry

‑ondi‑ / ‑onni‑ 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.
Definition	to make, construct, or create something
Part of Speech	verb root
Verb Class	shift event verb
Verb Consequentiality	consequential
Conjugation Class	on-stem
Form	‑ondi‑
Phonological Form	-ǫni-
Pre-Wendat Form	*‑ǫni‑
Form	‑onni‑
Phonological Form	-ǫni-
Pre-Wendat Form	*‑ǫni‑
Cross-references to manuscripts

ahsonh te’satondihnen’ you had not yet been born
a’katonronton’ ha’tiaondih ahehetsaron’ I really made an effort to encourage him, I used all of my knowhow, I put all of it to use, I made use of all the diverse means, all the possible ways, I did everything possible
Chiatatennonhchionniänihk sonhwa’ ? Stan’ tehia’ndiara’sennihk de hehchien’ah ? Are you building your house all by yourself? Your son doesn’t help you?
chiatennonhchiondiahk you’re making yourself a house
chiënionhronniahk you make snowshoes, you’re making snowshoes
ondae’ ïonniahk stan’ te’etshindatahren’sennihe’ this is the reason that we do not come to visit you
Taya’ennonnienh ! Make me a bow!
yarhi’tonton’ yahihk etiotondih there are many fruit trees

Stem type: Habitual stem

Stem type: Stative stem

Stem type: Punctual stem

Stem type: Imperative stem