Wyandot Word for ‘voice, word’
The Wyandot word that is usually represented as -męnd- (sometimes -węnd, and sometimes -męng-) means ‘voice, word.’
yamęndaˀ word, voice
[yah-men-dah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-męnd- noun root ‘word, voice’
-aˀ noun suffix
sayumęndarǫh He heard their words, their voices.
[sah-yoo-men-dah-ronh]
sayu- masculine singular agent + indefinite patient ‘he-them, their’
-męnd- noun root ‘voice, word’
-arǫ- verb root ‘to hear’
-h stative aspect
umęng[1]yerih Her word is correct; she is agreeable.
[oo-men-gyeh-reeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘she, her’
-męng- noun root ‘voice, word’
-yer- verb root ‘to be correct’
-ih stative aspect
ayemęngyerih I am willing, agreeable.
[ah-yeh-men-gyeh-reeh]
aye- 1st person singular patient ‘I’
-męng- noun root ‘voice, word’
-eri- verb root ‘to be correct’
-h stative aspect
hamęndižuˀ He is great in voice, in authority.
[ha-men-dee-zhoo-oo]
ha- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-męnd- noun root ‘voice, word’
-ižu- verb root ‘to be large, great’
-ˀ stative aspect
šemęndižuˀ You are great in voice, in authority (in some matter)
[sheh-men-dee-zhoo-oo]
še- 2nd person singular agent ‘you’
–męnd- noun root ‘voice, word’
-ižu- verb root ‘to be large, great’
-ˀ
ǫmamęndawęh It is our voice, word.
[on-mah-men-dah-wenh]
ǫma- 1st person plural ‘we, our, us’
-męnd- noun root ‘voice, word’
-a- noun suffix
-wę- verb root ‘to have, own’
-h stative aspect
ahakwęnduˀtęhst He made his voice to be of such a nature.
[ah-hah-wen-doo-oo-tenst]
a- factual
-h- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-ak- semi-reflexive voice
–węnd- noun root ‘voice, word’
-uˀtę- verb root ‘to be such’
-hst causative root suffix + punctual aspect
ahakwęnduˀtęhst tižuh de yahǫh
[tee-zhooh] [yah-honh]
he made his voice to be of such a nature it is like the swan
He caused his voice to be like that of a swan.
[1] The –y- after the –d- turns it into a –g-.