dáng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dang"

Haida

Pronoun

dáng

  1. you (2nd person singular personal pronoun, weak-A, weak-B or strong-B)
  2. your (2nd person singular possessive pronoun, weak-B)

Usage notes

  • Weak pronouns are placed right before the verb; strong pronouns are placed at the start of the sentence (focus position) and are followed by the focus marker uu.
  • Some Haida verbs use pronouns from set A, while other verbs need pronouns from set B.

Descendants

  • Northern Haida: dang

See also

Haida personal pronouns
weak-A strong-A weak-B strong-B
1st person sing. hl hláa díi díi
2nd person sing. dáng dáa dáng dáng
3rd person sing. hal ʼláa hal ʼláa
1st person plural tʼaláng tʼaláng íitlʼ íitlʼ
2nd person plural daláng daláng daláng daláng
3rd person pl. indef. tlʼ tlʼáa tlʼ tlʼáa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 樣 (“form, shape, figure”, SV: dạng).

Pronunciation

Noun

dáng • (𠍵, 𦍛)

  1. an appearance; figure; semblance

Derived terms

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