Entry
yäayo‑/yäayö‑/yäayaw‑/yäaya‑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 | yäayo‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakǫ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakǫ‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäayo‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, C-stem, iV-stem, r-stem, and i-stem. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the vowel a (a-stem), the vowel a is elided. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the glide i (iV-stem), the glide i is elided. When this prefix attaches to a stem that begins with the vowel i (i-stem), the vowel i is elided. |
| Form | yäayö‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakǫ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakǫ‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | yäayaw‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakaw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakaw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäayaw‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem and en-stem. |
| Form | yäaya‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakaw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakaw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäaya‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |