ᴹQ. yá adv. “formerly, ago, at that (distant) time, then (long ago)” (Category: Past, Ago)

⚠️ᴹQ. yá, adv. “formerly, ago, at that (distant) time, then (long ago)” (Category: Past, Ago)

Q. né “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)”

References ✧ Ety/YA; PE23/109-110

Glosses

• “at that (distant) time” ✧ PE23/109
• “formerly, ago” ✧ Ety/YA
• “then (long ago)” ✧ PE23/110 (yá)
• “then, some time ago” ✧ PE23/110 (yá)

Variations

• yá ✧ Ety/YA; PE23/109; PE23/110 (yá); PE23/110 (yá)
• yán ✧ PE23/110

Changes

• yán >> yá “then (long ago)” ✧ PE23/110

Element In

• ᴹQ. yalúme “former times”
• ᴹQ. yáre “former days”
• ᴹQ. yenya “last year”
• ᴹQ. yasse “there [yonder]; once upon a time” ✧ Ety/YA

Cognates

• N. io “ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

• < ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > yá

[jā]

✧ Ety/YA