Entry
ts‑/tsi‑/st‑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 | pronominal prefix |
| Form | ts‑ |
| Phonological Form | ts- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦny‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | tsi‑ |
| Phonological Form | tsi- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦni‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
tsi‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: C-stem, iV-stem, n(d)V-stem, and r-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. |
| Form | st‑ |
| Phonological Form | sn- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ʦn‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
st‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, en-stem, i-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- heskwenda’yerahtih Haondehchehte’ tha’ titeheskwenda’yeratha’ de ihatonhk tho atsier
you have made Haondehchehte’ your leader, however you don’t treat him as a leader (you don’t imitate him) now that he tells you to do so
- Onsatsataten’ndiyonhrahchondiah ändiare’
Reconcile with one another beforehand!
- Titsatahah !
Stand up!
- Titsatont tsindiahay !
Join together so you can all eat from the same plate!
- Titsa’y !
Cut it in two!
- Titsikwarariy !
Put the two ends of the blanket together!
- Titsirihwa’ndetenh !
Say that twice! Sing it again!
- Tsatia’tahchondiah !
Dress yourselves!