tiana
Chichewa
Etymology
From ti- (“diminutive prefix”) + ana (“children”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈa.ná/
Noun
tianá class 13
Kavalan
Pronoun
tiana
- (interrogative) who
- tiana-isu?
- who are you?
References
- Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸) (1996) 宜蘭縣南島民族與語言 [The Formosan Tribes and Languages in Yilan] (in Chinese), Yilan: Yilan County Government, →ISBN, page 87
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tiˈa.na]
Verb
tiana
- (stative) to be dim-witted
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | totiana | fotiana | mitiana | |
| 2nd person | notiana | nitiana | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | otiana | itiana yotiana (archaic) | |
| feminine | motiana | |||
| neuter | itiana | |||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh