Country, Land
To Have as Country – –ǫnde-
ǫndende on the ground
[on-den-deh]
ǫnde- feminine-zoic singular agent – it + verb root – to have as country + stative aspect
-nde external locative noun suffix
ǫndešaˀ land, country[1]
[on-deh-shah-ah]
ǫnde- feminine-zoic singular agent – it + verb root – to have as country
-š- nominalizer
-aˀ noun suffix
ǫndešurunǫˀ One lives inside the country, ground (i.e., the devil).
[on-deh-shoo-run-on-on]
ǫnde- feminine-zoic singular agent – it, one + verb root – to have as country
-š- nominalizer
-u- verb root – to be inside + stative aspect
-runǫˀ populative suffix
Earth, Land – –ǫmęts-
ǫmętsaˀ earth, land
[on-men-tsah-ah]
ǫmęts- feminine-zoic singular agent – it + noun root – earth, land
-aˀ noun suffix
ǫmętsaˀye at, on the earth, down
[on-men-tsah-ah-yeh]
ǫmęts- feminine-zoic singular agent – it + noun root – earth, land
-aˀye external locative noun suffix
Aǫmętsižu She, it is a large, great land. (Wolf Clan female name).
[ah-on-men-tsee-zhoo]
a- feminine-zoic singular patient – she, it
–ǫmęts- noun root – earth, land
-ižu- verb root – to be great, large + stative aspect
tinyǫmęhtsawahstih It is where the land, country is beautiful.
[tee-nyon-menh-tsah-wah-steeh]
ti- cislocative
-ny- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ǫmęhts- noun root – country, land
-a- noun suffix
-wahst- verb root – to be good, beautiful
-ih stative aspect
[1] For an extensive discussion of what this noun meant in its many implications in the Wendat language, see John Steckley, 1993, “Leaders, Origins, Customs and Unity: Traditional Huron Notions of Country, in Arch Notes 4:18-21, https://www.ontarioarchaeology.org/Resources/ArchNotes/an93-4.pdf