Entry
‑ondou‑/‑ondo‑/‑ondout‑/‑ondot‑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 | verb root |
| Verb Class | shift event verb with the definition to rain patient event verb with the definition to rain on someone |
| Verb Consequentiality | consequential |
| Conjugation Class | on-stem |
| Form | ‑ondou‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ǫnot- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ǫnot‑ |
| Form | ‑ondo‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ǫnot- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ǫnot‑ |
| Form | ‑ondout‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ǫnot- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ǫnot‑ |
| Form | ‑ondot‑ |
| Phonological Form | -ǫnot- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ǫnot‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
Either set of verb bases, -ondou-/-ondout- or -ondo-/-ondot-, can be used without a change in meaning. The alternation between o and ou in these verb bases is due to older Wendat dialect differences. |
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Examples of the entry
- eondout
it will rain
- etiondouthe’skwa’
it was raining on and off
- stan’ te’ondouthe’
it’s not going to rain
Verb stems
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-ondouhs / -ondohs
Stem type: Habitual stemPronominal prefixes:
Agent with the definitionto rain
Patient with the definitionto rain on someone
Composition
Orthography ‑ondou‑ / ‑ondo‑ ‑hs Phonological Form -ǫnot- -hs Interlinear gloss rain hab Stem (verb) ‑ondou‑ / ‑ondo‑ ‑hs Base (verb) ‑ondou‑ / ‑ondo‑ Root (verb)🔗🔗 ‑ondou‑ / ‑ondo‑ -
-ondoutih / -ondotih
Stem type: Stative stemPronominal prefixes:
Agent with the definitionto rain
Patient with the definitionto rain on someone
Composition
Orthography ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ ‑ih Phonological Form -ǫnot- -ih Interlinear gloss rain stat Stem (verb) ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ ‑ih Base (verb) ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ Root (verb)🔗🔗 ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ -
-ondout / -ondot
Stem type: Punctual stemPronominal prefixes:
Agent with the definitionto rain
Patient with the definitionto rain on someone
Composition
Orthography ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ ‑Ø Phonological Form -ǫnot- -Ø Interlinear gloss rain pnc Stem (verb) ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ ‑Ø Base (verb) ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ Root (verb)🔗🔗 ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ Stem examples
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With the future
: eondout
it will rain
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With the future
: eondout
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-ondout / -ondot
Stem type: Imperative stemPronominal prefixes:
Agent Imperative with the definitionto rain
Patient Imperative with the definitionto rain on someone
Composition
Orthography ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ ‑Ø Phonological Form -ǫnot- -Ø Interlinear gloss rain imp Stem (verb) ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ ‑Ø Base (verb) ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑ Root (verb)🔗🔗 ‑ondout‑ / ‑ondot‑