-ya

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ya"

Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin

Etymology

From Japanese.

Particle

-ya

  1. to be

References

  • 2004, William McGregor, The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia, Taylor & Francis.

Japanese

Romanization

-ya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of や

Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

-ya (third person plural nominative, bound form of tjana)

  1. they

Usage notes

Bound pronouns can be used instead of the regular "long form" pronouns. They act as clitics that attach to the last word of the first noun phrase in the sentence, or the conjunctions ka or munu if present.

Pitjantjatjara personal pronouns (nominative case)
Singular Dual Plural
First person ngayulu (I)
Bound form: -ṉa		 ngali (we two)
Bound form: -li		 nganaṉa (we, more than two)
Bound form: -la
Second person nyuntu (you)
Bound form: -n		 nyupali (you two) nyura (you, more than two)
Third person paluṟu (he/she/it) pula (they two) tjana (they, more than two)
Bound form: -ya

Quechua

Suffix

-ya

  1. to become
    tuta (“night, darkness”) + ‎-ya → ‎tutayay (“to become dark”)
    unu (“liquid”) + ‎-ya → ‎unuyay (“to melt”)

Derived terms

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