Entry
hon‑/hati‑/hend‑/henn‑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 | hon‑ |
| Phonological Form | hǫ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hǫ‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hon‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the a-stem conjugation class. The vowel a of the stem is elided when this prefix attaches to the stem. |
| Form | hati‑ |
| Phonological Form | hati- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hati‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hati‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: C-stem, iV-stem, n(d)V-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 | hend‑ |
| Phonological Form | hęn- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hęn‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hend‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: e-stem, i-stem, and o-stem. |
| Form | henn‑ |
| Phonological Form | hęn- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hęn‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
henn‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: en-stem and on-stem. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- ahatia’y
they broke it
- ahchienhk ihonhsenh
they are thirty people
- ahon’ndiyonhraen’ de hatiyowänen’s
the Elders are deliberating
- aywerhe’ aꞏiaywakahkwahcha’ tihennonhwentsou’tenh
we want to go see how their country is made, what their country is like
- a’thontenda’wahche’nd de tsou’tayi’
they were going, coming to hunt beaver
- hatindehronhe’s yändahtsehkwa’
they go every day to peel birch bark to make canoes
- hatirontawahsti’s
some beautiful trees
- hatiweyihatie’s
they habitually go together
- hatiyowänen’s ehatirihwihchi’en’
the Elders will decide upon this matter
- ha’ra’ tho tihon’ndiyonhratases
they are delirious from the fever
- ihatich
they all eat, they're all eating
- tehonrahtas
they run, they are running
- tehonrahtathonhk de hatichia’ahah
the little children race to see who runs the fastest
- tiosken’nia’ a’tehontre’
they are not far from one another
- yaronhia’yeh tihchion’ hatironnion’
there is a multitude of stars appearing in the sky
See also:
- ethonrihwaienstha’
school