yami
Hanunoo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaˈmi/ [jɐˈmi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ya‧mi
Determiner
yamí (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜲ) (literary)
Pronoun
yamí (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜲ) (literary)
See also
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 289
Japanese
Romanization
yami
Pazeh
Pronoun
yami
- we (exclusive)
See also
| neutral | nominative | genitive | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | yaku | aku | naki | yaku(n)an | ||
| 2nd person | isiw | siw | nisiw | isiwan | |||
| 3rd person | proximal | imini | mini | nimini | iminian | ||
| medium | imisiw | misiw | nimisiw | misiwan | |||
| distal | isia | sia | nisia | isiaan | |||
| plural | 1st person | inclusive | ita | ta | nita (ta-) | itaan | |
| 1st person | exclusive | yami | ami | nyam(i) | yami(n)an | ||
| 2nd person | imu | mu | nimu | imuan | |||
| 3rd person | proximal | yamini | amini | naamini | yaminian | ||
| medium | yamisiw | amisiw | naamisiw | yamisiwan | |||
| distal | yasia | asia | naasia | yasiaan | |||
Pukapukan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *masi by metathesis, either from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin (“salty”) or *maŋsit (“stench”).
Noun
yami
- dish made from decayed coconut
- food
- Synonyms: kai, popoa
- Na tangi te tamá ki tona matua ki tana yami.
- That child cried to his parent for some food.
Derived terms
- yamiyami (“something to eat”)
Further reading
Saisiyat
Pronoun
yami
- we (exclusive)
See also
| nominative | accusative | genitive | dative | possessive | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | yako / ya:o | 'iyakin | ma'an | 'iniman | 'anmana'a | kanman | ||
| 2nd person | So'o | 'iSo'on | niSo' | 'iniSo' | 'anSo'o'a | kanSo' | |||
| 3rd person | siya | hisiya | nisiya | 'inisiya | 'anisiya'a | kansiya | |||
| plural | 1st person | inclusive | 'ita' | 'inimita' | mita' | inimita' | 'animita'a | kan'ita' | |
| 1st person | exclusive | yami | 'iniya'om | niya'om | 'iniya'om | 'anya'oma | kanyami | ||
| 2nd person | moyo | 'inimon | nimon | 'inimon | 'anmoyo'a | kanmoyo | |||
| 3rd person | lasiya | hilasiya | nasiya | 'inilasiya | 'anlasiya'a | kanlasiya | |||