Entry
yes‑/yesa‑/yesä‑/yesen‑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 | yes‑ |
| Phonological Form | kes- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kes‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yes‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
| Form | yesa‑ |
| Phonological Form | kesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kesa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yesa‑: 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 | yesä‑ |
| Phonological Form | kesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kesa‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | yesen‑ |
| Phonological Form | kesa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kesa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yesen‑: 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 (yesa-) to become yesen-. |