yawi

Pipil

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈjawi/

Verb

yawi

  1. (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
  2. (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

Usage notes

  • 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

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 yiajki tiajket anyajket yajket
perfect niajtuk tiajtuk yajtuk tiatiwit anyajtiwit yajtiwit
future1 niasneki (nias2) tiasneki (tias2) yasneki (tias2) tiasnekit (tiasket2) anyasnekit (tiasanyasket2) yasnekit (yasket2)
conditional niaskia tiaskia yaskia tiaskiat anaskiat yaskiat
pluperfect1 niajtuya tiajtuya yajtuya tiajtuyat anyajtuyat yajtuyat
conditional perfect1 niajtuskia tiajtuskia yajtuskia tiajtuskiat anyajtuskiat yajtuskiat
imperative — shiaw / shu — tiawit shawit / shumet —

1 These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.
2 Archaic forms, no longer used in modern speech.

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llave (“key”).

Noun

yawi

  1. key

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjawi/ [ˈjaː.wɪ]
  • Rhymes: -awi
  • Syllabification: ya‧wi

Noun

yawi (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏᜒ)

  1. alternative form of yawe
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