Entry
‑hiouhchi‑/‑hiohchi‑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 | noun root |
| Conjugation Class | C-stem |
| Form | ‑hiouhchi‑ |
| Phonological Form | -hyohš- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑hyohs‑ |
| Form | ‑hiohchi‑ |
| Phonological Form | -hyohš- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑hyohs‑ |
| Noun Incorporation Status | Noun incorporation optionally occurs with this form. |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
When referring to a particular person's elbow or elbows, this noun root is used with agent pronominal prefixes. Either -hiouhchi- or -hiohchi- can be used without a change in meaning. The alternation between o and ou in these noun roots is due to older Wendat dialect differences. |
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Examples of the entry
- yehiouhchia’
my elbow, my elbows