iyya

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Afar

Etymology 1

Cognate with Saho iyya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈijːa/
  • Hyphenation: iy‧ya

Pronoun

íyya

  1. who? whom? (interrogative)
  2. who, whom (relative)
Declension
Declension of íyya
absolutive íyya
predicative íyya
subjective iyyí
genitive iyyín
Postpositioned forms
l-case íyyal
k-case íyyak
t-case íyyat
h-case íyyah
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ijˈja/
  • Hyphenation: iy‧ya

Verb

iyyá

  1. second-person singular imperfective indicative of excé
  2. third-person singular feminine imperfective indicative of excé

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ìyya”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Wandala

Pronoun

íyyà

  1. I

References

  • Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (2012) “iyya”, in A Grammar of Wandala, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN
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