yiʔá

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji.ʔá/, [jìá]

Verb

yiʔá

1. (intransitive) to go

   ʔínta ʔɔɔnɛ́dar dayiʔé.

   I will go to the house.

   Gɛshɔ̂ waakí shanshánna ɠɛ́tte laii kinyiʔénka, kodí agárra ɛ́ɛnana qánte aafó giidí.

   When the husband went very far to herd and sell the cattle, from that moment she sent a message to the man.

Inflection

Conjugation of yiʔá

(not all inflected forms may be accurate)

active
	present	perfective	past perfect	imperfective	positive imperative	negative imperative	conditional	past perfect continuous	irrealis
1st person sg.	iyiʔé	yiʔíde	iyiʔisaxa, iyiʔisɔxa	yiʔída	—	—	yiʔína	yiʔika	yiʔɗaqáɓe
2nd person sg.	hayiʔé	hayiʔáde	hayiʔisaxa, hayiʔisɔxa	hayiʔáda	yiʔá	yiʔá ɓóde	hayiʔína	hayiʔika	hayiʔɗaqáɓe
3rd person	kiyiʔé	kiyiʔáde	kiyiʔisaxa, kiyiʔisɔxa	kiyiʔáda	—	—	kiyiʔína	kiyiʔika	kiyiʔɗaqáɓe
1st person sg.	woyiʔé	woyiʔáde	woyiʔisaxa, woyiʔisɔxa	woyiʔáda	woyiʔé	woyiʔé ɓóde	woyiʔína	woyiʔika	woyiʔɗaqáɓe
2nd person pl.	yeyiʔé	yeyiʔáde	yeyiʔisaxa, yeyiʔisɔxa	yeyiʔáda	yiʔé	yiʔé ɓóde	yeyiʔína	yeyiʔika	yeyiʔɗaqáɓe
passive
	present	perfective	past perfect	imperfective	positive imperative	negative imperative	irrealis
1st person sg.	iyiɗé	iyiɗ	iyiɗisaxa, iyiɗisɔxa	iyiɗa	—	—	yiɗ{{{irr}}}aqáɓe
2nd person sg.	hayiɗé	hayiɗe	hayiɗisaxa, hayiɗisɔxa	hayiɗa	yiɗá	yiɗá ɓóde	hayiɗ{{{irr}}}aqáɓe
3rd person	kiyiɗé	kiyiɗe	kiyiɗisaxa, kiyiɗisɔxa	kiyiɗa	—	—	kiyiɗ{{{irr}}}aqáɓe
1st person sg.	woyiɗé	woyiɗe	woyiɗisaxa, woyiɗisɔxa	woyiɗa	woyiɗé	woyiɗé ɓóde	woyiɗ{{{irr}}}aqáɓe
2nd person pl.	yeyiɗé	yeyiɗe	yeyiɗisaxa, yeyiɗisɔxa	yeyiɗa	yiɗé	yiɗé ɓóde	yeyiɗ{{{irr}}}aqáɓe
	non-finite forms
infinitive	yiʔá
negative gerund	yiʔíma
present int.	yiʔó
perfect	yiʔidí
perfect int.	yiʔidu
copula	yiʔne
copular int.	yiʔu
future	dayiʔé
converbial 1	yiʔáise
converbial 2	yiʔénka

References

• Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎^[1], Leiden University.