ياتو

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Sudanese Arabic ياتو (yātu, which) and (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic ييات (īyāt, which).

Pronoun

ياتو • (yātu) (feminine ياتي (yāti), plural ياتمن (yātumman))

  1. who?
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[2], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 3:11:
      وَ اللّٰهْ الرَّبّ قَالْ لَيَّهْ: يَاتُو الْأَوْرَاكْ كَدَرْ إِنْتَ عَرْيَانْ؟ []
      wa allah ar-rabb gāl leyah: yātu al-ʔōrāk kadar inta ʔaryān? []
      And the Lord said to him: who told you that you were naked? []

References

  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[3] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 72

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Chadian Arabic ياتو (yātu, who) and (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic ييات (īyāt, which).[1]

Pronoun

ياتو • (yātu)

  1. which?

Descendants

  • Juba Arabic: yatu

References

  1. ^ S. Hillelson (2011) Sudan Arabic Texts[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page xvix