biyeʼ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪ̀jɛ̀ʔ/

Noun

biyeʼ (plural biyeʼke)

  1. his son
  2. his nephew (brother’s son)

Usage notes

This word means that the relative is the son or nephew of a man, so a female neighbor would say biyeʼ when referring to her male neighbor’s son.

Inflection

Possessives of biyeʼ
singular duoplural plural
1st person shiyeʼ nihiyeʼ danihiyeʼ
2nd person niyeʼ nihiyeʼ danihiyeʼ
3rd person biyeʼ
4th person (3o) yiyeʼ
4th person (3a) hayeʼ
Indefinite (3i) ayeʼ

See also