yaf

See also: YAF and ȝaf

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Yaka with f as a placeholder.

Symbol

yaf

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yaka.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yaka terms

Beja

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaf/

Noun

yaf m (plural yaf)

1. mouth

Declension

Declension of yaf (masculine strong)

singular	indefinite		definite
	isolated	construct	isolated	construct
nominative	yaf	yafuu-	uuyaf	uyafuu-
accusative	yaf	yafoo-	ooyaf	uyafoo-
genitive	yafi	yafii-	uyafi	uyafii-
plural	indefinite		definite
	isolated	construct	isolated	construct
nominative	yaf	yafaa-	aayaf	iyafaa-
accusative	yaf	yafee-	eeyaf	iyafee-
genitive	yafi	yafee-	iyafi	iyafee-

Middle English

Verb

yaf

1. past of yiven
   • a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2020, line 424:

     Anon he yaf the sike man his boote.

     Straightway he gave the sick man his remedy.

   • a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Physician's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales‎^[2], lines 146-148:

     Whan that assented was this cursed reed,
     Glad was this juge, and maked him greet cheere,
     And yaf hym yiftes preciouse and deere.

     When this cursed plot was agreed upon
     Glad was this judge, and made much of him (the churl
     And gave him precious and expensive gifts.),

   • c. 1471, An English Chronicle, 1377-1461:

     there the erl of Dunbar becam his manne, and the kyng yaf him the Counte of Richemunde.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: yave
• Yola: ya

Tarifit

Verb

yaf (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴰⴼ)

1. third-person masculine singular aorist of af

Woleaian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jafi̥]

Noun

yaf

1. fire

References

• Sohn, Ho-Mihn; Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976), Woleaian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 170