iya

Pronoun

 * 1)  hers; his; its

Determiner

 * 1) her; his; it

Pronoun

 * 1)  hers; his; its

Determiner

 * 1) her
 * 2) his
 * 3) it

Etymology
From, from , from.

Pronoun

 * 1) he; she

Verb
(infinitive )


 * 1) to steal

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) who interrogative pronoun

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) existence

Interjection

 * 1) yes

Pronoun

 * 1) father

Verb

 * 1)  he/she/it goes somewhere, toward someone/something, or away from someone/something
 * Iyawi uleitaku wi.
 * He went to [his] manioc gardens.
 * Yeetsipikitsa wi, ja naatsa tipunu kamo han, iye waku wi.
 * At dawn, when the tip of the sun appears over the horizon, [the two women] go to the river to bathe.
 * Iyapai pausityu ou wi?
 * He was going to get his porridge?
 * Iyape papwinaku. Iyene, iye neke enikati yiu ... Paaa hamamakatapai ka! ... Iyehene.
 * [The Caiman Spirit] is going to his home [returning to the deep water where he dwells]. He is going far out into the river, to its very center... Everything shakes [as he sinks into the water] ... [Then he] is gone.
 * Ayiu, ju!
 * "Let's go, dear!" [the elder one said to her sister].
 * Hoona! Piyiu! uma pakai.
 * All right! Go ahead! they said.
 * Paa iya onubapai. InaPWIta iyaapa. Aintyehene.
 * So he went to [have a] look. [But a] paca had arrived before him, [and] was [already] eating.
 * Punupa kaliu, jawa, umapa pakai, punupa kaliu, jawa. Aitsa awojopai iyaapa, umapai. Aintyapai moma ha, amomala. Hain? uma pakai.
 * Meeneke ya nunupawi, uma pakai. Iya paukula okaho. Yeekiyene wi.
 * "Husband," they said, "there is something you must know. That no-good paca has been eating the calabashes, our calabashes." "Huh?" he said. "I'll see about that right away," he said. "[He] went to get his gun. [It] was dusk.
 * Peyu, akaintyawi. Iyapa patukakalu ou wi.
 * He stood up from his hammock and went right over to his sister's house.
 * Ojonain kala — ka ka ra ku! umapai araukuma kityekojapai yiu. Ayiu yamukunaun, ayiu ayiu ayiu ayiu. Au!! Iyakona waku yi! Opukenejonaun wi.
 * When the sun was here (well before dawn), and the cock crowed — ka ka ra ku! [he elders began to call the men from their hammocks]. "Let's go, children! Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!" [The men whooped and called back from their houses.] So they all went to the river. The followers of the chief.
 * Iyapai otebwo. Onubene oteboga akain!
 * [They] went under [the tree]. They saw piqui fruit [on the ground] beneath [the tree]!
 * 1)  he/she/it takes someone or something
 * Iyakona apapa atai. UkuTAkona uku itsenu.
 * They're going to take that beast. They're going to shoot him full of arrows.
 * Katsa inyaun iyawi nuneetse?
 * Who took my necklace?
 * Iya opanupei yiu.
 * He took her as his wife.
 * Ninye numejopei.
 * I will marry him [lit., take him as my husband].
 * 1)  he/she/it approaches someone or something in respect of some attribute
 * Nejo iya kala — laki-laki inakuapai yi, tya. Itse ipenuwaka kaliuno.
 * [He] approached [the size of] that beast in the laki-laki. [He] was monstrous, enormous.
 * [Comparing the size of the Caiman Spirit to that of a whale being cut up by arctic hunters, an image the Wauja had seen in a View-Master slide. The Wauja dubbed the View-Master device "laki-laki," in reference to the clicking sound it made.]
 * 1)  he/she/it grasps, grabs, collects someone or something
 * Hoona! Aaah ka iya ka papai itsei yiu.
 * So! They began to collect firewood.
 * Majoju, iya paukuliu. UkuTE iyaapiu.
 * Suddenly he went for his gun. He was going to shoot the paca.

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) he; she; it

Interjection

 * 1) I don't know

Alternative forms

 * (chiefly CY and SEY)

Noun

 * 1) mother, mom
 * 2) A term of respect for an elder or a woman of higher rank or importance.
 * 3) The biggest entity in a group, the larger tool in a set. For example, in a group of drums, the largest and central drum is the ìyá (known as the ).
 * 1) A term of respect for an elder or a woman of higher rank or importance.
 * 2) The biggest entity in a group, the larger tool in a set. For example, in a group of drums, the largest and central drum is the ìyá (known as the ).

Noun

 * 1) punishment, suffering