Clothing Terms in Wyandot
Shoe: -ahkw-
ahkwaˀ shoe, moccasin
[ah-kwah-ah]
ahkw- feminine-zoic singular agent, ‘it’ and noun root, ‘shoe’
-aˀ noun suffix
sahkwat It is one shoe
[sah-kwat]
s- repetitive (always used with this verb
-ahkw– noun root ‘shoe’
-a- noun suffix
-t verb root ‘to be one’ + stative aspect
tęndih tewahkwayeh Two shoes, a pair of shoes
[ten-deeh [teh-wah-kwah-yeh]
tęndih they (two) are two
tę- dualic
-nd- feminine-zoic dual agent ‘they (f) two’
-i- verb root ‘to be two’
-h stative aspect
tewahkwayeh two shoes
tew- dualic
-ahkw- feminine-zoic singular agent + noun root ‘shoe’
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
iahkwutęh yaˀtaraˀatsih It is a brown shoe.
[iyah-kwoo-tenh]
iahkwutęh It is a shoe of such a nature
i- partitive ‘such’
-ahkw-feminine-zoic single agent + noun root ‘shoe’
-utę– verb root ‘to be of a nature’
-h stative aspect
yaˀtaraˀatsih It is called mud, clay (i.e., it is brown)
[yah-ah-tah-rah-ah-tseeh]
ya- feminine-zoic singulaer agent ‘it’
–ˀtar- noun root ‘mud, clay’
-a- noun suffix
–ˀats- veb root ‘to name, be named’
-ih stative aspect
yahkwaseˀ It is my new shoe.
yah-kwah-seh-eh
y- 1st person singular agent ‘my’
-ahkw– noun root ‘shoe’
-ase- verb root ‘to be new’
-ˀ stative aspect
tęndih tewahkwayeh yahkwaseˀ My two new shoes
ayahkwayaǫhk It is my old shoe
[ah-yah-kwah-yah-onhk]
ay- 1st person singular patient ‘my’[1]
-ahkw- noun root ‘shoe’
-a- noun suffix
-yaǫhk verb root ‘to be old’ + stative aspect
tęndih tewahkwayeh ayahkwayaǫhk My two old shoes
moccasin: arahšu
arahšu It is a moccasin, her moccasin.
[ah-rah-hshoo]
arahšu feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + verb root ‘to be a moccasin + stative aspect
yarahšu It is my moccasin.
[yah-rah-hshoo]
y- 1st person singular agent ‘my’
arahšu verb root ‘to be a moccasin + stative aspect
šarahšu It is your (s) moccasin
[shah-rah-hshoo]
š- 2nd person singular agent ‘your’
arahšu verb root ‘to be a moccasin + stative aspect
harahšu It is his moccasin
[hah-rah-hshu]
h- masculine singular agent ‘his’
arahšu verb root ‘to be a moccasin + stative aspect
leggings, pant legs, socks: -rihšr-
urihšraˀ (her) leggings, pant legs, socks
[oo-reeh-shrah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-ri- verb root, ‘to be leggings’
-hšr- nominalizer (makes a verb root into a noun stem)
-aˀ noun suffix
ayarihšraˀ my leggings, pant legs, socks
[ah-yah-ree-shrah-ah]
aya- 1st person singular patient ‘my’
-ri- verb root, ‘to be leggings’
-hšr- nominalizer (makes a verb root into a noun stem)
-aˀ noun suffix
urihšretsih It is a long legging.
[oo-reeh-shreh-tseeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-ri- verb root ‘to be leggings
-hšr- nominalizer
-ets- verb root ‘to be long’
-ih stative aspect
iyarihšrawahka It is a short legging, sock
[ee-yah-reeh-shrah-wah-kah]
- partitive ‘such’
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-ri- verb root ‘to be leggings’
-hšr- nominalizer
-awahka– verb root ‘to be short’ + stative aspect
karihšrawahka It is a pair of socks, short leggings.
[kah-reeh-shrah-wah-kah]
k- dualic
-a- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-ri- verb root ‘to be leggings’
-hšr- nominalizer
-awahka- verb root ‘to be short’ + stative aspect
Ase d’ iyarihšrawahka It is a new sock.
[ah-she]
ase It is new
ase feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + verb root ‘to be new’ + stative aspect
tewase karihšrawahka A pair of new socks.
[teh-wah-she]
tewase It is new, twofold.
tew- dualic
-ase feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + verb root ‘to be new’ + stative aspect
iyarihšrawahka yarǫnyaˀatsih It is a blue sock.
yarǫnyaˀatsih It is called sky; it is blue
[yah-ron-yah-ah-tseeh]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ -rǫny- noun root ‘sky’ -a- noun suffix
-ˀats- verb root ‘to name, call’
-ih stative aspect
karihšrawahka yarǫnyaˀatsih
It is a pair of blue socks.
Skirt -ngyeˀr-
ungyeˀraˀ skirt, tail feathers
[oon-gyeh-eh-rah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient, ‘it’
-ngyeˀr- noun root, ‘skirt, tail feathers’
-aˀ noun suffix
ungyeˀretsih It is a long skirt, her long skirt. dress.
[oon-gyeh-eh-reh-tseeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular ‘it, her’
-ngyeˀr- noun root, ‘skirt, tail feathers’
-ets- verb root ‘to be long’
-ih stative aspect
ungyeˀrawahka It is a short skirt, her short skirt
[oon-gyeh-eh-rah-wah-kah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it, her
-ngyeˀr- noun root ‘skirt, tail feathers’
-awahka– verb root ‘to be short’ + stative aspect
iyungyeˀrutęh d’ yarǫnyaˀatsih It is a blue skirt.
[ee-yoon-gyeh-eh-roo-tenh]
iyungyeˀrutęh It is such a skirt
iy- partitive ‘such’
-u- feminine-zoic singular patien‘it’
-ngyeˀr- noun root ‘skirt, tail feathers’
-utę– verb root ‘to be such’
-h stative aspect
ungyeˀrawastih It is a beautiful skirt
[oon-gyeh-eh-rah-wah-steeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-ngyeˀr- noun root ‘skirt, tail feathers’
-a- noun suffix
-wast- verb root ‘to be beautiful’
-ih stative aspect
Shirt –tęwak-
yatęwakaˀ shirt
[yah-ten-wah-kah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent, ‘it’
-tęwak- noun root, ‘shirt’
-aˀ noun suffix
yatęwaketsih It is a long shirt.
[yah-ten-wah-keh-tseeh]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent, ‘it’
-tęwak- noun root, ‘shirt’
-ets- verb root, ‘to be long’
-ih stative aspect
yatęwakawahka It is a short shirt
[yah-ten-wah-kah-wah-kah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
–-tęwak- noun root, ‘shirt’
-awahka verb root ‘to be short’ + stative aspect
yatęwakuwąnęh It is a large shirt
[yah-ten-wah-koo-wan-nenh]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-tęwak- noun root, ‘shirt’
-uwąnę- verb root ‘to be large’
-h stative aspect
skatęwakuwąnęh It is an extra large shirt
[skah-ten-wah-koo-wan-nenh]
s- repetitive ‘very’
-ka- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-tęwak- noun root, ‘shirt’
-uwąnę- verb root ‘to be large’
-h stative aspect
Articles of Clothing with the verb root -uri- ‘to cover
Coat
ayakyaˀturih It covers my body, my coat.
[ah-yah-kyah-ah-too-reeh]
ay- 1st person singular patient ‘my’
-aky- semireflexive voice
-aˀt- noun root ‘body’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
sakyaˀturih It covers your body, your coat.
[sah-kyah-ah-too-reeh]
s- second person singular patient ‘your’
-aky- semireflexive voice
-aˀt- noun root ‘body’
-uri– verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
hukyaˀturih It covers his body, his coat.
[hoo-kyah-ah-too-reeh]
hu- masculine singular patient ‘his’
-(a)ky- semireflexive voice
-aˀt- noun root ‘body’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
užahšurih It covers the arm, sleeve
[oo-zhah-soo-reeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
–žahš– noun root ‘arm’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
uˀngyurih It covers her fingers, her glove, gloves, mitts
[oo-oon-gyoo-reeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘her’
-ˀngy- noun root ‘finger’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
ayenǫhwarurih It covers my brains, my hat.
[ah-yen-non-hwah-roo-reeh]
aye- 1st person singular patient ‘my’
-nǫhwar- noun root ‘brains’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
ǫnǫhwarurih It covers her brains, her hat. It is a hat.
[on-non-hwah-roo-reeh
ǫ- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘her’
-nǫhwar- noun root ‘brains’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
undasurih It covers the buttocks; pants.
[oon-dah-soo-reeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-ndas- noun root ‘buttocks’
-uri- verb root ‘to cover’
-h stative aspect
Shawl -nder-
yanderaˀ shawl, her shawl
[yan-deh-rah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic agent ‘it, her’
-nder- noun root ‘shawl’
-aˀ noun suffix
underawastih It is a beautiful shawl.
[oon-deh-rah-wah-steeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-nder- noun root ‘shawl’
-a- noun suffix
-wast- verb root ‘to be good, beautiful’
-ih stative aspect
sanderawastih Your shawl is beautiful.
[san-deh-rah-wah-steeh]
sa- 2nd person singular patient‘your’
-nder- noun root ‘shawl’
-a- noun suffix
-wast- verb root ‘to be good, beautiful’
-ih stative aspect
iyunderutęh d’ yarǫnyaˀatsih It is a blue shawl
iyunderutęh It is a shawl of such a nature
[ee-yoon-deh-root-tenh]
iy- partitive ‘such’
-u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-nder- noun root ‘shawl’
-utę- verb root ‘to be of a nature’
-h stative aspect
[1] It is the usual pattern with possession that the 1P form would appear, but it is different with the verb root -ase- ‘to be new’ and some others.