Entry
heskw‑/heskwa‑/heskwä‑/heskwen‑/hets‑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 | heskw‑ |
| Phonological Form | hesw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *heʦw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
heskw‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
| Form | heskwa‑ |
| Phonological Form | heswa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *heʦwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
heskwa‑: 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 | heskwä‑ |
| Phonological Form | heswa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *heʦwa‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | heskwen‑ |
| Phonological Form | heswa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *heʦwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
heskwen‑: 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 (heskwa-) to become heskwen-. |
| Form | hets‑ |
| Phonological Form | hetsw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *heʦw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hets‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
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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