Wendat-English Dictionary

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ahaha’	noun	path, trail
ahchara’	noun	wampum belt
ahchienhk	particle	three
ahchisat	noun	pestle
-ahchondi-	verb base	to get dressed, to prepare oneself, to adorn oneself
-ahchondiaw-	verb base	to undress oneself
-ahkwat-/-ahkwa-	verb base	to be windy, for there to be wind
-ahronk-/-ahrony-	verb base	to hear; to hear someone speaking, talking or telling about something; to understand what someone is saying
-ahronton-	verb base	to ask someone a question, to question someone
ahsenh	particle	ten
ahsenh ha’tewen’ndia’weh	sentence/phrase	one thousand (lit. ten hundreds)
Ahskennon’nia ihchie’s?	sentence/phrase	How are you (2SG) doing? (lit. are you in peace or are you going in peace?)
Ahskennon’nia iye’s.	sentence/phrase	I’m doing well (lit. I’m in peace or I’m going in peace)
-ahsohkou’ten- + PART	verb base	to be a certain colour
ahsohkwa’	noun	colour, pigment, dye
ahsonh o’rahwi’yeh	sentence/phrase	it's morning (lit. it is still nighttime)
ahsonta’	noun	night, nighttime
ahsonthenhk	particle	midnight (lit. the middle of the night)
-ahtsohare-	verb base	to wash one’s hands; the wash the palms of one’s hands
-ahton-	verb base	for something to get lost, get mislaid, get destroyed, get forgotten, disappear, dissipate, get erased, get abolished
-ahtondi-/-ahton-	verb base	to lose something
-ahton’t-	verb base	to cause something to get lost, to cause something to disappear, to destroy or get rid of something
ahtsa’	noun	the palm of the hand; the inside of the hand
-ahtsi’ratay-	verb base	to be cloudy
-akenh-	verb base	to get up out of bed
-aken’se-	verb base	to look at, examine, or consider something or someone
-akonhchiohare-	verb base	to wash one’s face
-akonhresohare-	verb base	to wash one’s hands
-akwendahchondi-	verb base	to prepare what one will say, to prepare one’s speech or talk
-akwendahton’t-	verb base	to become quiet; to keep quiet (lit. to make one’s voice get lost)
-akwendotraht-/-akwendotrat-	verb base	to talk on the telephone (lit. to make one's voice travel)
-akwendotrahtändi-/-akwendotrahten-	verb base	to speak to someone on the telephone (lit. to make one's voice travel toward someone)
änen’enh	sentence/phrase	my mother (lit. she is mother to me)
aorihstih	particle	watermelon
aoskway	particle	moose
aoskway oskwahra’	sentence/phrase	moose hair
-arahskw-	verb base	to leave, to leave to go somewhere else, to advance along a path
-arahtat-/-arahta- + DUPL	verb base	to run, to flee, to run away from someone
-arat-	verb base	to lie down
-arhon-	verb base	to rest
asteh	particle	outdoors; outside
Asteh yiayen’s.	sentence/phrase	I go outside; I'm going outside.
-astorat-	verb base	to hurry up, to rush to leave, to do or say something
-atahronton-	verb base	to inform oneself of something; to inform oneself about someone (e.g. to ask about someone’s health)
-atahrontonhnd-/-atahrontonhn-	verb base	to inform oneself of something; to inform oneself about someone (e.g. to ask about someone’s health)
-atate’ndiara’s-/-atate’ndiara’senni-	verb base	to help one another, to help each other
-atati-	verb base	to speak, to speak to someone
-atawan-	verb base	to take a bath, to bathe oneself; to go in the water
-atehchienht-/-atehchient-	verb base	to be bad weather
-ate’skonhchiohare-	verb base	to brush one’s teeth
-atenhndinon-	verb base	to buy or sell something; to want to buy something, to ask to purchase something, to buy something and consequently sell something else
-atenro-	verb base	to be friends
-aten’ndiyonhrahchondi-	verb base	to prepare one’s mind, to prepare mentally
-athor-	verb base	to be cold weather
-athorat-	verb base	to get cold (bodily and meteorologically)
atho’yeh on’wati’ etiohkwat	sentence/phrase	the north wind (lit. the wind is from the side where it is cold)
atiaren’ta’	noun	pumpkin flower
atiaren’ta’ ïohtih	sentence/phrase	yellow (lit. it is like a pumpkin flower)
atiawenhrahk	particle	trout
-atia’tahchondi-	verb base	to adorn oneself, to dress up
-atia’tahton’t-	verb base	to escape, to hide, to disappear (lit. to make one’s body get lost)
-atia’tatase-	verb base	to turn one’s body; to turn around
-atia’ta’tariha’t-	verb base	to make oneself warm
-atia’tohare-	verb base	to wash oneself; to wash one’s body
-atia’traw-	verb base	to withdraw oneself from others; to leave, abandon or renounce a certain group or place
-atier- + PART	verb base	to do or perform a certain action, either of body or of mind
-atien-	verb base	to sit down, to place or put oneself somewhere
atïio’	particle	wild animals (lit. they are killed)
atishënen’ah	particle	domesticated animals (lit. they are domesticated animals)
atitie’s	particle	birds (lit. they fly)
atoyen’	noun	ax, hatchet
ato’kha’	particle	cranberry, cranberries
-ato’tsindeht-/-ato’tsindet- + DUPL	verb base	to ice-skate; to skate around on ice-skates
-aton-/-en-/-ihon-/-ihaon-	verb base	to say something
-atrahkwa’tariha’t-	verb base	to heat oneself in the sun
-atraw-	verb base	to leave a path or trail; to deviate from one’s course; to move or turn away from a path; to take another route; to separate from one another on a path, each one taking a different way
-atriho’t-	verb base	to be attentive
-atriho’tat-	verb base	to listen, to pay attention
-atrihwahchondi-	verb base	to prepare one’s matters or affairs, to make one’s affairs ready
-atsa’tänion-	verb base	to eat a meal, to have a meal
aweyari’	particle	(fruit) juice
awe’rohchia’	noun	hair (on head)
awen’	noun	water, liquid
Ayakwahstih.	sentence/phrase	I'm happy; I'm doing well.
-aye-/-ye- + PART/DUPL	verb base	to be so many of something; for there to be so many in number; to be so many times
Aye’niänihtändihk.	sentence/phrase	I work; I'm working (lit. I am occupied with some task).
aye’yen’ah	sentence/phrase	my older sister (lit. she is sister to me)
Ayita’s.	sentence/phrase	I fall asleep; I'm falling asleep.
ayohchiatenhk	particle	horse (lit. it carries one on its back)
ayotia’torih	particle	coat; riding coat (lit. one's body is covered)
ayrahahk	sentence/phrase	my paternal aunt (lit. she is paternal aunt to me)
a’enda’	noun	bow
-a’tarih-	verb base	for something to be hot
-a’tariha’t-	verb base	to be hot (weather); to be hot (person); to heat something
a’tatonhcha’	noun	basket
a’tere’	particle	eight