ያ
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Translingual
Etymology
Modified form of የ (y).
Letter
ያ (ya)
- A symbol of the Ge'ez abugida, transliterated as ya.
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḏV-. Cognates include Ge'ez ዝኩ (zəku) and Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka).
The palatalisation *z- > y- was irregular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈja/
- Hyphenation: ያ
Audio: (file)
Determiner
ያ • (ya)
- that (masculine)
Pronoun
ያ • (ya)
- that (masculine)
Usage notes
- When following a preposition, the enclitic -ዚያ (-zziya) is used.
See also
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||
| proximal | simple | ይህ (yəh) | ይህች (yəhəčč) | እነዚህ (ʾənnäzzih) |
| emphatic | ይህኛው (yəhəññaw) | ይችኛዋ (yəččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚህ (-zzih) | -ዚች (-zičč) | — | |
| distal | simple | ያ (ya) | ያች (yačč) | እነዚያ (ʾənnäzziya) |
| emphatic | ያኛው (yaññaw) | ያችኛዋ (yaččəññawa) | ||
| enclitic | -ዚያ (-zziya) | -ዚያች (-zziyačč) | — | |
*) See the respective entries for alternative forms.
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ያ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 22