Negatives in Wyandot
The negative te(ˀ)- is a prefix that almost always comes at the beginning of a word, and often appears with the negative particle (tą)ˀą
yandurǫnˀ It is not difficult
[teh-yan-doo-ron-on]
te- negative
-ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ndurǫ- verb root – to be difficult
-ˀ stative aspect
teˀsąndaˀurąˀ[n]dih You don’t have the power, ability.
[teh-eh-san-dah-ah-oo-ran-an-ndeeh]
teˀ- negative
-są- 2nd person singular patient – you
-ndaˀurą- verb root – to have power
-ˀnd- dative root suffix
-ih stative aspect
tehutindaˀurandi They (m) did not get power, ability.
[teh-hoo-teen-dah-ah-oo-ran-dee]
te[1]– negative
-huti- masculine plural patient – they (m)
-ndaˀura- verb root – to have power
-nd- dative root suffix
-i stative aspect
tehuwaˀtaˀtęˀ He did not stop.
[teh-hoo-wah-ah-tah-ah-ten-en]
te- negative
-huw- masculine singular patient – he
-aˀt- noun root – body
-a- noun suffix
-ˀtę- verb root – to stop
-ˀ stative aspect
Negative with Factual
tawatǫˀ It is not possible
[tah-wah-ton-on]
t- negative
-aw- factual
-atǫ- feminine-zoic singular agent + verb root – to be possible
-ˀ punctual aspect
tawatǫˀ usawatingyahah
it is not possible they eat food again.
It is not possible that they eat again.
Negative plus double factual
tusahingyahah They two (m) no longer eat.
[too-sah-heen-gyah-hah]
t- negative
-u- factual
-s- repetitive – still, longer
-a- factual
-hi- masculine dual agent – they two (m)
-ngyah- noun root – food
-a- verb root – to eat
-h punctual
teusawatǫˀ It is no longer possible.
[teh-oo-sah-wah-ton-on]
te- negative
-u- factual
-s- repetitive
-aw- factual
-atǫ- feminine-zoic singular agent – it + verb root – to be possible
-ˀ punctual aspect
Negatives with One Particle Preceding: tąˀą [tan-an]
teˀyutrižehasędiˀ A story did not seem correct to her.
[teh-eh-yoo-tree-zheh-hah-sen-dee-ee]
teˀy– negative
-u- feminine-zoic singular patient – her
-t- semi-reflexive voice
-ri- noun root – matter, affair, story
-žeha- verb root – to be correct
-sęd- dative root suffix
-iˀ stative aspect
tąˀą teˀyutrižehasędiˀ d’ uhšutaˀ
not a matter, story did not seem correct to her who she is grandmother to her
A story did not seem correct to her grandmother.
tąˀą teskandaˀtaę She no longer has a camp.
[tan-an [teh-skan-dah-ah-tah-en]
te- negative
-s- repetitive
-ka- feminine-zoic singular agent – she
-ndaˀt- noun root – camp, village
-a- noun suffix
-ę verb root – to have + stative aspect
Negatives with ahstętaˀu [ah-sten-tah-ah-oo] – anything
tusayangyahah She no longer ate.
[too-sah-yan-gyah-hah]
t- negative
-u- factual
-s- repetitive
-a- factual
-ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she
-ngyah- noun root – food
-a- verb root – to eat
-h punctual aspect
ahstętaˀu tusayangyahah She no longer ate anything
anything she no longer ate
tehuwaˀtamęndiˀ It did not happen to him.
[teh-hoo-wah-ah-tah-men-dee-ee]
te- negative
-huw- masculine singular patient – him
-aˀt noun root – body
-am- noun suffix
-ęn- verb root – to happen
-d- inchoative root suffix
-iˀ stative aspect
ąh stęˀtaˀuh tehuwaˀtamęndiˀ
not anything it did not happen to him
Nothing happened to him.
[1] There is usually no glottal stop -ˀ- before an -h-