Entry
‑ahton‑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 |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This verb base takes only one pronominal prefix: the third person singular feminine-zoic/neuter prefix. |
| Verb Class | shift event verb |
| Verb Consequentiality | consequential |
| Conjugation Class | a-stem |
| Phonological Form | -ahtǫ- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *‑ahtǫ‑ |
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Verb stems
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-ahtonhk
Stem type: Habitual stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ahton‑ ‑hk Phonological Form -ahtǫ- -hk Interlinear gloss get lost hab Stem (verb) ‑ahton‑ ‑hk Base (verb) ‑ahton‑ Root (verb) ‑ahton‑ -
-ahtonh
Stem type: Stative stemPronominal prefixes: PatientComposition
Orthography ‑ahton‑ ‑h Phonological Form -ahtǫ- -h Interlinear gloss get lost stat Stem (verb) ‑ahton‑ ‑h Base (verb) ‑ahton‑ Root (verb) ‑ahton‑ -
-ahton’
Stem type: Punctual stemPronominal prefixes: AgentComposition
Orthography ‑ahton‑ ‑’ Phonological Form -ahtǫ- -ʔ Interlinear gloss get lost pnc Stem (verb) ‑ahton‑ ‑’ Base (verb) ‑ahton‑ Root (verb) ‑ahton‑
Paradigms
a-stem shift event verb
Examples
Examples of the entry
- stan’ te’yia’tahtonhnde’
I’m not going to get lost
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
See also:
- ‑ahton’t‑
to cause something to get lost, to cause something to disappear, to destroy or get rid of something
- ‑akwendahton’t‑
to become silent, to stop talking (lit. to make one’s voice get lost)
- ‑atia’tahton’t‑
to escape, to hide, to disappear (lit. to make one’s body get lost)
- ‑hchiendahton‑
for someone’s name to be lost or forgotten
- ‑ia’tahton‑
to lose one’s way, to get lost, to make a mistake