yawi

Pipil

yawi

(intransitive) to go, to move through space
Yajki ka itechan pal kita ne imiakwan
She/he went to his town to see her/his family

Nemi pal niawi nikpanultia muchi tey ne timunekit pal ne shupan
I have to go to move everything we will need for the rainy season
(auxiliary) to be going to (used to indicate the future)
Ashan niu-ninaka ka nuchan ika nikukuya
Today I'm going to stay home because I'm sick

In informal speech, the auxiliary verb yawi to indicate periphrastic future often takes the shortened form yu- conjugated for the corresponding person with no plural markers.

Conjugation of yawi

tense	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
	naja	taja	yaja	tejemet	anmejemet	yejemet
present	niawi	tiawi	yawi	tiawit	anyawit	yawit
subjunctive	ma niaw	ma shiaw/shu	ma yawi	ma tiawit	ma shawit/shumet	ma yawit/yawikan
past	niajki	tiajki	yajki	tiajket	anyajket	yajket
perfect	niajtuk	tiajtuk	yajtuk	tiajtiwit	anyajtiwit	yajtiwit
future*	niasneki	tiasneki	yasneki	tiasnekit	anyasnekit	yasnekit
future*	(nias**)	(tias**)	(yas**)	(tiasket**)	(anyasket**)	(yasket**)
conditional	niaskia	tiaskia	yaskia	tiaskiat	anyaskiat	yaskiat
pluperfect*	niajtuya	tiajtuya	yajtuya	tiajtuyat	anyajtuyat	yajtuyat
conditional perfect*	niajtuskia	tiajtuskia	yajtuskia	tiajtuskiat	anyajtuskiat	yajtuskiat
imperative	-	shiaw/shu	-	tiawit	shawit/shumet	-
*These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.
**Archaic forms, no longer used in modern speech.

Borrowed from Spanish llave (“key”).

yawi

yawi (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏᜒ)