iyya

Afar

Etymology 1

Cognate with Saho iyya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈijːa/ [ˈʔɪjːʌ]
• 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

• (interrogative): míyya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ijˈja/ [ʔɪjˈjʌ]
• 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)‎^[1], 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