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Onkwendahchondiahkwa’ Wendat Dictionary
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Onkwendahchondiahkwa’ Wendat Dictionary

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Entry

‑nonhkwaro’t‑

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‑nonhkwarou’t‑



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
  • wampum
Part of Speech noun root
Conjugation Class n(d)V-stem
Form ‑nonhkwaro’t‑
Phonological Form -nǫhkwaroʔt-
Pre-Wendat Form *‑nǫhkwaroʔt‑
Form ‑nonhkwarou’t‑
Phonological Form -nǫhkwaroʔt-
Pre-Wendat Form *‑nǫhkwaroʔt‑
Notes
Note on usage:
Either -nonhkwaro’t- or -nonhkwarou’t- can be used without a change in meaning. The alternation between o and ou in these noun roots is due to older Wendat dialect differences.
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