Entry
hönd‑/hoti‑/hön‑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 |
|
| Part of Speech | pronominal prefix |
| Form | hönd‑ |
| Phonological Form | hon- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hon‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hönd‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, i-stem, and o-stem. |
| Form | hoti‑ |
| Phonological Form | hoti- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hoti‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hoti‑: 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 | hön‑ |
| Phonological Form | hon- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *hon‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
hön‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: en-stem and on-stem. |
| Cross-references to manuscripts | |
Examples
Examples of the entry
- höndarhonh
they are currently resting
- hotinhotonhk hotihndihtihnen’
they had closed the door forcefully
- Ta’ohten’ hotiyehtontie’ ?
What are they going along carrying?
- tehöndarahtatih
they have run
- tehöndatontarihtih
they booed (they filled the lake with cries)
- tehönennonhsteyenh
they two are neighbors through the proximity of their houses
- tho iyäa’tayeh de hotisken’rayehtahk tiöndrahtayeh de kha’ skwarhaenton’
there are as many soldiers as there are leaves in your woods