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Wyandot Noun Roots Related to the Head Unless otherwise stated, the noun roots are consonant conjugation Skull -hskuˀt- uhskuˀtaˀ                               head, skull, her head, her skull [ooh-skoo-oo-tah-ah] u-                     feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it, her’ -hskuˀt-           noun root, ‘head, skull’ -aˀ                    noun suffix … Continue reading →

Wyandot Noun Roots Related to Legs All noun roots here take the consonant conjugation, which is the most common conjugation.. Leg –ˀnǫht- yaˀnǫhtaˀ                         leg, her leg [yah-ah-nonhtah-ah] ya-                   feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it, her’ –ˀnǫht-           noun … Continue reading →

Wyandot Noun Roots for the Upper Body All these noun roots are consonant stem conjugation except for two that are specified as different. Arm –žahš–   yažahšaˀ                                arm (including that of a corn plant), her arm [yah-zhah-shah-ah] ya-                   feminine-zoic singular agent … Continue reading →

Punctual and the Modals The punctual is one of the four aspects of the Wyandot language, suffixes that follow every verb.  It refers to one occurrence (rather than a state, a repeated occurrence, a command/request or prediction/intention) of what is … Continue reading →