Villages and Camps in Wyandot
The same noun root -nda- can mean ‘community, town, village and camp.’ It is related to the word ‘Canada’ in the now extinct language of St. Lawrence Iroquoian.
yandataˀ village, town, camp
[yan-dah-tah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ndat- noun root – village, camp
-aˀ noun suffix
ekandataęˀ where a village or camp lies
[eh-kan-dah-tah-en-en]
ek- cislocative
-a- feminine-zoic singular agent: it
-ndat- noun root – village
-a- noun suffix
-ę- verb root – to lie
-ˀ stative aspect
ayundataętǫnyǫˀ They (ind) have a village of many.
[ah-yoon-dah-tah-en-ton-nyon-on]
ayu- indefinite patient: they (ind)
-ndat- noun root – village
-a- noun suffix
-ę- verb root – to have
-tǫnyǫ- distributive root suffix
-ˀ stative aspect
ihutindatayǫˀ They (m) are inside a camp.
[ee-hoo-teen-dah-tah-yon-on]
i- partitive
-huti- masculine plural patient: they (f)
-ndat- noun root – camp
-ayǫ- verb root – to be inside
-ˀ stative aspect
Ahandatoręha He has found a village. (Wolf clan male name)
[ah-han-dah-toh-ren-hah]
- factual
-ha- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-ndat- noun root ‘village, community’
-orę- verb root ‘to find’
-ha inchoative root suffix + punctual aspect
ayundaˀtawetiˀ All of them in the village.
[ah-yoon-dah-ah-tah-weh-tee-ee]
ayu- indefinite patient: them
-ndaˀt- noun root – village
-a- noun suffix
-we- verb root – to be together
-t- causative root suffix
-iˀ stative aspect
ehutindataęˀ They (m) will have a camp.
[eh-hoo-teen-dah-tah-en-en]
e- future
-huti- masculine plural agent – they (m)
-ndat- noun root – village, camp
-a- noun suffix
-ę- verb root – to have
-ˀ punctual aspect
yandatažah It is a small town, camp.
[yan-dah-tah-zhah]
ya- feminine-zoic agent – it
-ndat- noun root – village, camp
-a- verb root – to be a quantity
-ž- stative aspect
-ah diminutive aspect suffix
yandatuwanęh It is a large town, camp.
[yan-dah-tah-too-wah-nenh]
ya- feminine-zoic agent – it
-ndat- noun root – village, camp
-uwanę- verb root – to be large
-h stative aspect