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Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 2
íiy (L) v. A1 (v.n. íyak”) be able | iya
íy Ö = Ö (H) rel.loc. 1. the place that …, where … ex íy gaf k íiy bwn where
you go is where I go. 2. (with nominalized purpose phrase) in order to ex Mngila bat
suw íiy nd”mk” Mangila went out to have a look around | inda .
íyly (LHL?) n.? family | iyali
íyka (H) det.loc. 1. there ex tk”m íiyk! go over there!. 2. (in íyk) there upon ex t˘,
íyk Mazang myt say well, thereupon Mazanga died | can
íyk”n (H) det.loc. here ex wshashanf” mn jiykn buwhiyf yk”na? how many
year has it been since you came here? | nan
íykwa = ykwa (T) interr.loc.adv. where? ex fy baf ykwa? where are you going?; f
ts”gaku íykwa? where did you sit?; t˘, fy f b”kw íykw? well, you where have
you come from? | ina?
See ’a- at the beginning of the dictionary for words with initial a- not found here.
A
a- (T) prefix (lengthened when not post-pausal) 1. prefix vowel with no meaning, found
on many root words and derivatives such as verbal nouns. 2. see ía- for words where
the a is a root vowel. 3. prefix on ordinal numbers ex n(a) tsra the second one;
tsruws” the seond of them (“his seond”). 4. prefix forming a locative adverbial form
ex by nMngil water of Mangila hill (cf. by na Mngila ‘Mangila’s water’);
tlwiy ntsk”n wild animal, animal of the bush (cf. tsk”n ‘the bush’) |
(L) aspect perfective auxiliary with 3rd person subjects ex b”s” sy s/he washed |
(LL) prep. 1. with (instrument) ex m cm giti he did work with an axe. 2. as,
with respect to (marker of objective complement) ex dawun Kasy íam he sought
Kasay as a wife | da (+ kayan aiki), don
(LL) prep. marker of a postverbal subject ex t”nz” mr Ndwya (= Ndwya a
t”nz” mr) Nduya planted millet; kw zratln Ksham k, buwatln d” b
tsgatln when Kasham calls them they will come and sit down; tbrma ba kn(a)
vrk” the mat that the boy bought |
(L) aspect imperfective auxiliary ex fy zara w? who will you call?; mkuws” kd
t tsyw he spent three days digging it (he “dayed” three he was digging) | na
= w (L) interr. ( is by far the most frequent; see n for focussed subject equational
questons) sentence final question marker of any type of question (yes/no, constituent)
ex f tlak suw nd-a? Good morning! (standard greeting meaning, “Have you
arisen?”); w zratln-? who called them? |
(HL) prep. from (locative or temporal) ex m b‰k”m íykw? where have you come
from?; tsuway hr bahy zhr from morning all the way until the late afternoon |
daga
= d (H irreg) aspect (see alsod) perfective auxiliary used when subject is focused ex
w zrawa? who called?i; Ksham zraw t is Kasham who called (cf. Kshm zr
sy ‘Kasham called’); my zraw it is we who called | ne/ce
(H irreg) aspect conditional future auxiliary ex A: Dw, ìWy-y.î B: ì, n- by
uwy.î A says, “Jump down.”, B (responds) “But I’ll get a fracture.” |