Dictionnaire de la langue wendat / Wendat Dictionary

Entry

partitive + ‑aye‑ / ‑ye‑ 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.
Definition	to be so many, to be a certain number (three or more) of something
Part of Speech	complex verb base
Verb Class	agent stative verb
Form	‑aye‑
Conjugation Class	a-stem
Phonological Form	-ake-
Pre-Wendat Form	*‑ake‑
Noun Incorporation Status	Noun incorporation never occurs with this form.
Form	‑ye‑
Conjugation Class	C-stem
Phonological Form	-ke-
Pre-Wendat Form	*‑ke‑
Noun Incorporation Status	Noun incorporation must always occur with this form.
Cross-references to manuscripts	Ms 62 n.d.: 141 Ms 65 n.d.: 74 Potier 1744: 333 Potier 1751: 242

ahchienhk ïohwihstayeh three pieces of metal
ahchienhk iyända’tsayeh three kettles
a’tere’ iwahsenh iyahonwayeh yahonwïio’ ontawehnde’ there are eighty ships coming
ha’teondehcheh in all the land
ha’tewentayeh tehchiatehiahchiorennhon’ you will rub your arm twice every day (with some liquid or oil)
ha’tewentayeh yatrendaenhnde’s kha’yendeh iyar I come here to pray every day at this time
ha’teyänonhskeh in all of the houses
ndahk ïaywäa’tayeh we are four people
tëndih teyentiohkwayeh two clans, bands
Tho ewayehk ? How many things will there be?
Tho iwayeh ? How many things are there?
Tho iwayehnen’ ? How many things were there?
tho iyäa’tayeh de hotisken’rayehtahk tiöndrahtayeh de kha’ skwarhaenton’ there are as many soldiers as there are leaves in your woods
Tho iyäa’tayeh sändawihatie’ sa’arohwihnen’ ? How many fish did you catch in the nets you had cast?

Stem type: Stative stem

Stem type: Stative past stem

Stem type: Stative continuative stem