Entry
‑ionyw‑/onyw‑/‑ionywa‑/‑ionywä‑/onywa‑/onywä‑/‑ionywen‑/onywen‑/‑ionyi‑/onyi‑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 | ‑ionyw‑ |
| Phonological Form | -yǫkw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑yǫkw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑ionyw‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
| Form | onyw‑ |
| Phonological Form | yǫkw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
onyw‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
| Form | ‑ionywa‑ |
| Phonological Form | -yǫkwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑yǫkwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑ionywa‑: 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 | ‑ionywä‑ |
| Phonological Form | -yǫkwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑yǫkwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑ionywä‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
| Form | onywa‑ |
| Phonological Form | yǫkwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
onywa‑: 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 | onywä‑ |
| Phonological Form | yǫkwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
onywä‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the n(d)V-stem conjugation class. |
| Form | ‑ionywen‑ |
| Phonological Form | -yǫkwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑yǫkwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑ionywen‑: 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 (-ionywa-) to become -ionywen-. |
| Form | onywen‑ |
| Phonological Form | yǫkwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
onywen‑: 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 (onywa-) to become onywen-. |
| Form | ‑ionyi‑ |
| Phonological Form | -yǫkw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑yǫkw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
‑ionyi‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-medially with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
| Form | onyi‑ |
| Phonological Form | yǫkw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *yǫkw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
onyi‑: This pronominal prefix form is used word-initially with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- ondae’ de onywenta’wathahk
what was making us sleep
- ontaonywayenronhatie’
it will soon be spring for us
- onywa’tariha’tih
we are all hot
- teonywatekhahskawanh
we are separated
- tonsaonywäa’tahkwen’ de hoen’ah
she just took her son away from us (who, for example, had come to visit us)
- tsonywa’ndiyonhrat iyenh
we all have but one mind