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))
- 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)
Descendants
- Juba Arabic: yatu