Entry
h‑/ha‑/hä‑/hen‑/hr‑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 | h‑ |
| Phonological Form | h- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hr‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
h‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
| Form | ha‑ |
| Phonological Form | ha- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hra‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
ha‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: C-stem, iV-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 | hä‑ |
| Phonological Form | ha- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hra‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | hen‑ |
| Phonological Form | ha- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hra‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hen‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (ha-) to become hen-. |
| Form | hr‑ |
| Phonological Form | hr- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hr‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hr‑: This pronominal prefix form is used when the primary stress of the word occurs before the pronominal prefix, as is the case when the prothetic i- is used. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- ahatia’ta’ta’
he bent over, stooped
- ahatondehchatase’
he went around the land
- ahatrihohkwändaht
he took away a common good, he appropriated it for himself
- ahchietehk esha’ndënia’
he will be one year old tomorrow, he will reach the day of his birth tomorrow
- ahsonh ta’teshathas
he is not yet getting back up (from being sick)
- akwe’tha’ iwa’ah shatonnie’s
he is barely still breathing
- chiahentahk aharihwahseht
he hid this matter intentionally
- ehänienhwiha’
he will learn, he will complete it, he will know how to do it
- ehatonnhahren’
he will be delighted
- häa’tou’tenh
this is his natural type, he is naturally like this
- hahchiendowänenh ayiatriohch
I’m fighting against an important person
- hahskweyih
he is mute
- hända’kha’
he sows
- 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
- haonhwa’ hatändiht
he talks about himself
- harihwayennia’tha’
he exaggerates
- hatieronhkwa’
he’s solidly-built, strong
- 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
- hentayrahchonhnde’
he’s going along falling again and again
- ihaehs
he wakes up, he’s waking up
- ihënha’s ihchien’ tha’ titehatriho’tats
I order him, but he doesn’t listen
- Kwïohti öne tehata’s de hehchien’ah ?
Does your son stand up on his feet?
- okendia’tih hayowänenh
he is extremely big
- onsahatakhe’
he’s coming back running
- ontahäa’tenha’
he fell from above
- ontahäa’tenha’
he fell from up there
- stan’ tehoa’tahrenhwih, awentenhaonh ihre’s
he doesn’t stop at all, he is always moving
- tehäa’tate’y eyenhk
he will not be present
- tehia’toyenh ihatienhk
he is sitting in the middle of these two men
- Teotia’yih ontahreht
he’s coming from Montreal
- teshaontarïa’yih
he has recrossed the ocean
- tetia’toyenh aꞏhatien’
so that he may sit in the middle of you and me
- tho ihäa’tou’tenh ne endi’ iyia’tou’tenh
he is built like me
- tho ihawendou’tenh tihchiewendou’tenh
he speaks like you