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ay2
1
To go to do something.
iya'; e'; eka; ita; itu'u
A pseudoverb occurs without affixation, linked to a following verb.
Ay numbo''a hi Ihāwa' ti mid ononmi.
My Wife went to dig (sweet potatoes) because we have nothing to eat.
For a description of ay and umuy as pseudoverbs, see, sec 7.5.7.
Pseudo-Verb Go (ay) with Pronouns
Pronoun Form with ay
-a' ‘I’ iya'
-'u ‘I’ ay'u, e'
-'a ‘you(sg)’ ay'a, eka
-mu ‘you’ aymu
0 ‘he,she,it’ ay
-na ‘he,she,it’ ayna
ta ‘we two’ ayta, ita
tu'u ‘we all’ ay tu'u, itu'u
ami ‘we (but not you)’ ay ami
-mi ‘we (but not you)’ aymi
ayu ‘you(pl)’ ay ayu
-yu ‘you(pl)’ ayyu
-da ‘they’ ayda
(See -ami for Genitive/Possessive and Topic Pronouns Table)
2
ōoy when inflected with -um-an or -imm-an.
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