dáa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "daa"

Haida

Pronoun

dáa

  1. you (2nd person singular personal pronoun, strong-A)

Usage notes
  • Weak pronouns are placed right before the verb; strong pronouns are placed at the start of the sentence (focus position) and are followed by the focus marker uu.
  • Some Haida verbs use pronouns from set A, while other verbs need pronouns from set B.

See also
Haida personal pronouns
weak-A strong-A weak-B strong-B
1st person sing. hl hláa díi díi
2nd person sing. dáng dáa dáng dáng
3rd person sing. hal ʼláa hal ʼláa
1st person plural tʼaláng tʼaláng íitlʼ íitlʼ
2nd person plural daláng daláng daláng daláng
3rd person pl. indef. tlʼ tlʼáa tlʼ tlʼáa

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dáː/

Etymology 1

Compare Wolaytta daaná (“to be”); from Proto-Omotic *dā-.

Verb

dáa

  1. to exist, be[1]
    ʔɔɔnɛ́te ʔéedi dáane.
    Somebody is in the house.
    Dímekati dáade.
    I am in Dimeka.
  2. to live
    Kínka dáan daidí.
    They lived life together.
Inflection
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Conjugation of dáa
(not all inflected forms may be accurate)
active
present perfective past perfect imperfective imperative prohibitive conditional past perfect continuous irrealis negative present negative past
1st person sg. idáa dáade idaísaxa, idaísɔxa dáada — — daína daika daaɗaqáɓe datíne dátine, dáan
2nd person sg. hadáa dáade hadaísaxa, hadaísɔxa dáada dáa dáa ɓóde hadaína hadaika hadaaɗaqáɓe datáne dátane, dáan
3rd person kidáa dáade kidaísaxa, kidaísɔxa dáada — — kidaína kidaika kidaaɗaqáɓe dê dáaye, dáye
1st person sg. wodáa dáade wodaísaxa, wodaísɔxa dáada wodée wodée ɓóde wodaína wodaika wodaaɗaqáɓe datóne dátone, dóon
2nd person pl. yedáa dáade yedaísaxa, yedaísɔxa dáada dée dée ɓóde yedaína yedaika yedaaɗaqáɓe daténe deténe, déen
non-finite forms
infinitive dáa
negative gerund daíma
present int. dáaó
perfect daidí
perfect int. daidu
copula dáane
copular int. dáau
future dadaé
converbial 1 dáaise
converbial 2 daénka

Noun

dáa

  1. life
    Waakí kínka gisháise masháise isáise kínka daíntan jammaridí.
    Herding, slaughtering, and eating cattle, they started their life together.
Inflection
Inflection of dáa
common feminine masculine plural
(not all inflected forms may be accurate)
Nominative dáa daíntana dáa dáana
Oblique dáan daíntan dáan dáanan
Accusative dáaɗan daíntanɗan dáaɗan dáanaɗan
Comitative dáabe daíntambe dáabe dáanabe
Adessive dáabar daíntambar dáabar dáanabar
Allative dáadar daíntandar dáadar dáanadar
Instrumental dáaxa daíntaŋka dáaxa dáanaxa
Affective dáaxal daíntaŋkal dáaxal dáanaxal
Dative dáana, dáa nánte, dáa qánte dáana, dáa nánte, dáa qánte dáanana, dáana nánte, dáana qánte
Inessive dáar daíntanar dáar dáanar
Ablative dáarra dáarra dáarra dáanarra
Genitive dáasa daíntansa dáasa dáanasa
Locative dáate daíntante dáate dáanate

Etymology 2

Perhaps compare Wolaytta táár (“pot”).[2]

Noun

dáa

  1. clay pot
Inflection
Inflection of dáa
common feminine masculine plural
(not all inflected forms may be accurate)
Nominative dáa dáana dáa dáana
Oblique dáan dáan dáan dáanan
Accusative dáaɗan dáanɗan dáaɗan dáanaɗan
Comitative dáabe dáambe dáabe dáanabe
Adessive dáabar dáambar dáabar dáanabar
Allative dáadar dáandar dáadar dáanadar
Instrumental dáaxa dáaŋka dáaxa dáanaxa
Affective dáaxal dáaŋkal dáaxal dáanaxal
Dative dáana, dáa nánte, dáa qánte dáana, dáa nánte, dáa qánte dáanana, dáana nánte, dáana qánte
Inessive dáar dáanar dáar dáanar
Ablative dáarra dáarra dáarra dáanarra
Genitive dáasa dáansa dáasa dáanasa
Locative dáate dáante dáate dáanate

References
  1. Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University.
  2. Wakasa, Motomichi (2008) A Descriptive Study of the Modern Wolaytta Language‎, University of Tokyo.
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