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Ainu
Etymology
Contraction of ciokay.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
coka (Kana spelling チョカ)
- (Saru dialect) (exclusive) we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
See also
Ainu personal pronouns
| person
|
isolated form
|
affix form
|
| nominative |
objective
|
| first
|
singular
|
kuani, kani1 |
ku=, k=1 (before vowels) |
en=
|
| exclusive plural
|
ciokay, coka1, ciutari |
ci=, c=1 =as |
un=
|
| inclusive plural
|
anokay, aoka1, anutari |
a=, =an |
i=
|
| second
|
singular
|
eani |
e=
|
| plural
|
eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari |
eci=
|
| singular (polite)
|
anokay, aoka1 |
a=, =an |
i=
|
| plural (polite)
|
anokay, aoka1, anutari
|
| third
|
singular
|
sinuma, anihi |
∅=
|
| plural
|
okay, oka1
|
| indefinite
|
singular
|
asinuma |
a=, =an |
i=
|
| plural
|
anokay, aoka1, anutari
|
| 1. Saru dialect
|
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kushoka as an equivalent of English return in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gujoka as its equivalent.
Pronunciation
Verb
coka (infinitive gũcoka)
- to go back, to return
Derived terms
(Verbs)
(Names)
(Proverbs)
See also
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “coka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.