syangu

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

From sya- (“Class 10 possessive concord”) +‎ -angu (“my”). Cognate with Swahili zangu (“my - Class 10 form”) and Chichewa zanga (“my - class 10 form”).

Determiner

syangu

  1. Class 10 first-person singular possessive determiner; my (with class 10 nouns)

References

  • Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 9
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