iyada
Somali
Alternative forms
- (dialectal) ― iyyáda (Af-Jabarti & Af-Benadiri), äyyo, ayyáda, iyyéda, îda (Af-Benadiri), iyyo (article less)
Etymology
From Proto-Somaloid *ice, from Proto-Cushitic *ʔisi (“she”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *si (“she, he, it”).
Cognate with Maay iyé, Aweer ii, Rendille iche, Jiiddu isé, Oromo ishee, Afar is, Sidamo ise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɪ̀.ˈjɑ́.ðɑ̀/
Pronoun
iyáda f
- she (third-person singular independent feminine personal pronoun)
See also
| independent | clitic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emphatic | subject | object | |||
| 1st person | singular | aniga | -aan | -i | |
| plural | exclusive | annaga | -aannu | -na | |
| inclusive | innaga | -aynu | -ina | ||
| 2nd person | singular | adiga | -aad | -ku | |
| plural | idinka | -aydin | -idin | ||
| 3rd person | singular | m | isaga | -uu | - |
| f | iyada | -ay | |||
| plural | iyaga | -ay | |||
References
- Saeed, J. I. (1999). Somali. John Benjamins Publishing, page 68