Entry
‑es‑/s‑/‑esa‑/sa‑/‑esä‑/sä‑/‑esen‑/sen‑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 | ‑es‑ |
| Phonological Form | -es- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑es‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑es‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
| Form | s‑ |
| Phonological Form | es- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *es‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
s‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, en-stem, o-stem, and on-stem. |
| Form | ‑esa‑ |
| Phonological Form | -esa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑esa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑esa‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially 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 | sa‑ |
| Phonological Form | esa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *esa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
sa‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially 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 | ‑esä‑ |
| Phonological Form | -esa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑esa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑esä‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
| Form | sä‑ |
| Phonological Form | esa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *esa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
sä‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
| Form | ‑esen‑ |
| Phonological Form | -esa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑esa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑esen‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (-esa-) to become -esen-. |
| Form | sen‑ |
| Phonological Form | esa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *esa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
sen‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (sa-) to become sen-. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- Ahchawi’ etisäa’ten’ndih ?
Did you fall from up high (e.g., from the top of the tree or the roof of the house)?
- ahsonh te’satondihnen’
you had not yet been born
- Chiatatennonhchionniänihk sonhwa’ ? Stan’ tehia’ndiara’sennihk de hehchien’ah ?
Are you building your house all by yourself? Your son doesn’t help you?
- okendia’tih satahrontonskonh
you are oddly curious for news
- ondae’ sa’ndiyonhratoyenstha’
here’s what makes you know it, what gives you assurance of it
- Satehnhontawah de isahnhont !
Take out what you have in your mouth!
- stan’ ta’tesarih
you’re not wearing shoes
- stan’ te’sarihierihahtih
you have not spoken sincerely, honestly
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- Ta’ohten’ sahnhontatie’ ?
What are you carrying in your mouth?
- Ta’ohten’ satehnhont ?
What do you have in your mouth? What did you put there?
- Ta’ohten’ tsisaiotha’ ?
What’s afflicting you? What is the thought that kills and rekills you?
- Tho iyäa’tayeh sändawihatie’ sa’arohwihnen’ ?
How many fish did you catch in the nets you had cast?
- yonwendihchias tisa’ndiyonhrou’tenh
I ask for your opinion