Entry
yäayw‑/yäaywa‑/yäaywä‑/yäaywen‑/yäayi‑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 | yäayw‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäayw‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: a-stem, e-stem, and en-stem. |
| Form | yäaywa‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäaywa‑: This pronominal prefix form is used 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 | yäaywä‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakwa‑ |
| Notes | |
| Form | yäaywen‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakwa- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakwa‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäaywen‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the i-stem conjugation class. The vowel i of the stem combines with the a of the original form of this prefix (yäaywa-) to become yäaywen-. |
| Form | yäayi‑ |
| Phonological Form | kayakw- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *kayakw‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
yäayi‑: This pronominal prefix form is used with the following conjugation classes: o-stem and on-stem. |