niya
See also: nîya, niyə, níyá, and Niya
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niˈjʌ/
- Hyphenation: ni‧ya
Noun
niyá f
- wish, will
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
- nya, nia
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧ya
- IPA(key): /niˈa/, [ˈɲa]
Pronoun
niyá
- his; her
- 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; she
- Ininom niya an tubig.
- S/he drank the water.
See also
Bikol Central personal pronouns
| Person | Number | Absolute (ang) | Ergative (sa) | Oblique (sa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | |||
| First | singular | ako | ko | sakuya, sako, saako | |||
| plural inclusive | kita | nyato | ta | satuya, sato, saato | |||
| plural exclusive | kami | nyamo | mi | samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo | |||
| Second | singular | ika | ka | mo | saimo, simo,kanimo | ||
| plural | kamo | nindo | saindo, kaninyo, sainyo | ||||
| Third | singular | siya, iya | niya | saiya, kaniya | |||
| plural | sinda | ninda | sainda, kanila | ||||
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- nija (Boholano)
- nya
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *(ni-)iya, fromProto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧ya
- (General Cebuano)
- IPA(key): /ˈnja/, [ˈn̪ja]
- (Bohol, Southern Leyte)
- IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒa/, [n̪ɪˈd͡ʒa]
Determiner
niyá
- (placed after noun) his; her
- Synonyms: (placed before noun) iya, iyaha
Pronoun
niyá
- him; her
See also
Cebuano personal pronouns
| Person | Number | Absolute (ang/si) | Ergative (sa/ni) | Ergative (preposed) | Oblique (sa/og) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | Full | Full | Short | |
| First | singular | ako | ko* | nako | ko | ako/akoa | kanako | nako |
| plural inclusive | kita | ta | nato | ta | ato/atoa | kanato | nato | |
| plural exclusive | kami | mi | namo | mo | amo/amoa | kanamo | namo | |
| Second | singular | ikaw | ka | nimo | mo | imo/imoha | kanimo | nimo |
| plural | kamo | ka | ninyo | inyo/inyoha | kaninyo | ninyo | ||
| Third | singular | siya | niya | iya/iyaha | kaniya | niya | ||
| plural | sila | nila | ila/ilaha | kanila | nila | |||
| *Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun. | ||||||||
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧ya
- IPA(key): /niˈa/, [ˈɲa]
Determiner
niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)
- his; her
Pronoun
niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)
- 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; his
- Ininom niya ang tubig./Ang tubig ay ininom niya.
- S/he drank the water.
See also
Tagalog personal pronouns
| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| dual* | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata | |
| plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin | |
| plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin | |
| First & Second | singular | kita** | ||
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo | |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| plural | sila | nila | kanila | |
| * First person dual pronouns are not commonly used. ** Replaces "ko ikaw". | ||||