yami

See also: Yami

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈmi/ [jɐˈmi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ya‧mi

Determiner

yamí (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜲ) (literary)

1. our (exclusive)

   Synonym: kanmi

Pronoun

yamí (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜲ) (literary)

1. ours (exclusive)

   Synonym: kanmi

2. to us; of us; by us (exclusive)

   Synonym: kanmi

See also

• yamo

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 289

Japanese

Romanization

yami

1. Rōmaji transcription of やみ

Pazeh

Pronoun

yami

1. we (exclusive)

See also

Pazeh personal pronouns

				neutral	nominative	genitive	locative
singular	1st person			yaku	aku	naki	yaku(n)an
	2nd person			isiw	siw	nisiw	isiwan
	3rd person	proximal		imini	mini	nimini	iminian
		medium		imisiw	misiw	nimisiw	misiwan
		distal		isia	sia	nisia	isiaan
plural	1st person		inclusive	ita	ta	nita (ta-)	itaan
	1st person		exclusive	yami	ami	nyam(i)	yami(n)an
	2nd person			imu	mu	nimu	imuan
	3rd person	proximal		yamini	amini	naamini	yaminian
		medium		yamisiw	amisiw	naamisiw	yamisiwan
		distal		yasia	asia	naasia	yasiaan

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masi by metathesis, either from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin (“salty”) or *maŋsit (“stench”).

Noun

yami

1. dish made from decayed coconut
2. food

   Synonyms: kai, popoa

   Na tangi te tamá ki tona matua ki tana yami.

   That child cried to his parent for some food.

Derived terms

• yamiyami (“something to eat”)

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Saisiyat

Pronoun

yami

1. we (exclusive)

See also

Saisiyat personal pronouns

				nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	possessive	locative
singular	1st person			yako / ya:o	ʼiyakin	maʼan	ʼiniman	ʼanmanaʼa	kanman
	2nd person			Soʼo	ʼiSoʼon	niSoʼ	ʼiniSoʼ	ʼanSoʼoʼa	kanSoʼ
	3rd person			siya	hisiya	nisiya	ʼinisiya	ʼanisiyaʼa	kansiya
plural	1st person		inclusive	ʼitaʼ	ʼinimitaʼ	mitaʼ	inimitaʼ	ʼanimitaʼa	kanʼitaʼ
	1st person		exclusive	yami	ʼiniyaʼom	niyaʼom	ʼiniyaʼom	ʼanyaʼoma	kanyami
	2nd person			moyo	ʼinimon	nimon	ʼinimon	ʼanmoyoʼa	kanmoyo
	3rd person			lasiya	hilasiya	nasiya	ʼinilasiya	ʼanlasiyaʼa	kanlasiya