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Bambara
Suffix
-ya
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
- teri (“friend”) + -ya → teriya (“friendship”)
- jan (“long”) + -ya → janya (“length”)
Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
Etymology
From western Japanese や (ya, copula).
Particle
-ya
- to be
References
- Komei Hosokawa (1987) Malay talk on boat: an account of Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin (in Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin)
Japanese
Romanization
-ya
- Rōmaji transcription of や
Kambera
Pronoun
-ya
- third person singular accusative enclitic
See also
Kambera pronominal clitics
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognates include Minica Huitoto -ya and Nüpode Huitoto -ya.
Classifier
-ya
- Classifier for vehicles.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ya
- Alternative form of -a
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 134
Pitjantjatjara
Pronoun
-ya (third person plural nominative, bound form of tjana)
- they
Usage notes
Bound pronouns can be used instead of the regular "long form" pronouns. They act as clitics that attach to the last word of the first noun phrase in the sentence, or the conjunctions ka or munu if present.
Related terms
Pitjantjatjara personal pronouns (nominative case)
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Singular |
Dual |
Plural
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| First person
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ngayulu (I)
Bound form: -ṉa
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ngali (we two)
Bound form: -li
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nganaṉa (we, more than two)
Bound form: -la
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| Second person
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nyuntu (you)
Bound form: -n
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nyupali (you two)
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nyura (you, more than two)
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| Third person
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paluṟu (he/she/it)
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pula (they two)
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tjana (they, more than two)
Bound form: -ya
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Quechua
Suffix
-ya
- to become
- tuta (“night, darkness”) + -ya → tutayay (“to become dark”)
- unu (“liquid”) + -ya → unuyay (“to melt”)
Derived terms
Swahili
Alternative forms
Suffix
-ya
- (often with spirantization of the preceding consonant) causative suffix
- Near-synonyms: -isha/-esha, -iza/-eza
- used after verbs stems ending -k- (but not in -ek- or -ik-) with spirantization of the -k- to -sh-
- -chemka (“to boil”) + -ya → -chemsha (“to bring to a boil”)
- used in some verbs interchangeably with -isha/-esha
- -ogopa (“to fear”) + -ya → -ogofya (“to frighten”)
- (nonproductive) used to construct a causative verb with slightly different meaning
- -ona (“to see”) + -ya → -onya (“to warn”)
- -lala (“to sleep”) + -ya → -laza (“to put to bed”)
Derived terms
Teposcolula Mixtec
Suffix
-ya
- Forms reverential terms.
Derived terms
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ya
- Forms the singular of the recent past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”).
- Forms the singular of the distant past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ya
- Allomorph of -a (nonpast or past imperfective suffix) used for stems that end in i.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 215–216