Entry
partitive + ‑ngwen’‑/‑ngwen’nd‑/‑ngwenh‑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 | complex verb base |
| Verb Class | shift event verb |
| Verb Consequentiality | consequential |
| Conjugation Class | C-stem |
| Form | ‑ngwen’‑ |
| Phonological Form | -nkwęʔ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑nkwęʔ‑ |
| Form | ‑ngwen’nd‑ |
| Phonological Form | -nkwęʔn- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑nkwęʔn‑ |
| Form | ‑ngwenh‑ |
| Phonological Form | -nkwęh- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑nkwęh‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This verb base takes only one pronominal prefix: the third person singular feminine-zoic/neuter prefix. |
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Composition
| Orthography | ti‑ / i‑ / Ø‑ / a’‑ | ‑ngwen‑ | ‑’‑ / ‑’nd‑ / ‑h‑ |
| Phonological Form | ti- / t- / taʔ- | -nkwę- | -ʔ- / -ʔn- / -h- |
| Interlinear gloss | part | snow | inch |
| Base (verb) | ‑ngwen‑ | ‑’‑ / ‑’nd‑ / ‑h‑ | |
| Base (verb) | ti‑ / i‑ / Ø‑ / a’‑ | ||
| Root (verb) | ‑ngwen‑ |
Examples of the entry
- a’yängwenha’
it just snowed
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
one cannot see one another at all, that’s how much it’s snowing
Verb stems
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partitive + -ngwen’s
Stem type: Habitual stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ngwen‑ ‑’‑ ‑s Phonological Form -nkwę- -ʔ- -s Interlinear gloss snow inch hab Stem (verb) ‑ngwen‑ ‑’‑ ‑s Base (verb) ‑ngwen‑ ‑’‑ Root (verb) ‑ngwen‑ Stem examples
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
one cannot see one another at all, that’s how much it’s snowing
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
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partitive + -ngwen’ndih
Stem type: Stative stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ngwen‑ ‑’nd‑ ‑ih Phonological Form -nkwę- -ʔn- -ih Interlinear gloss snow inch stat Stem (verb) ‑ngwen‑ ‑’nd‑ ‑ih Base (verb) ‑ngwen‑ ‑’nd‑ Root (verb) ‑ngwen‑ -
partitive + -ngwenha’
Stem type: Punctual stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ngwen‑ ‑h‑ ‑a’ Phonological Form -nkwę- -h- -aʔ Interlinear gloss snow inch pnc Stem (verb) ‑ngwen‑ ‑h‑ ‑a’ Base (verb) ‑ngwen‑ ‑h‑ Root (verb) ‑ngwen‑