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oya

And.

Nakak hi Indūyuh ya nan imbabaluyna.

Indūyuh and her children left.

Joins the following constituents in a coordinating relationship: 1) A sentence with a following sentence, see sec. 7.25.3.1.

Gunda anu mombob din tatāgu ya gunda manāyaw.

Those people kept on beating gongs and they kept on dancing.

Ya (variant oya) loosely connect sentences in running text. Rarely are sentences juxtaposed without a conjunction between them. 2) A substantive with another substantive, see sec. 7.8.

Hengngāda anu hi bābuy ya nuwang hede han būlul.

They pronounced a prosperity blessing, they say, on that rice-god idol with the use of pigs and water buffalo.

Mahmahlu din nuntapeng ya nan i'ibbādan munggāud.

Those building a stone retaining wall and their companions who are doing spadework are industrious.

See sec. 7.26.3.1.

Joins a sentence introducer to a sentence, or a dependent sentence to an independent sentence.

Da'yun angaw, ya ogohonyu ni' nan paya' yu.

As for you hornbills, please drop your large feathers.

Unat goh ināanay kallob de han bānga ya ihna anuy hinamal.

When he removed the cover of that pot there was, they say, cooked rice (inside).

Commonly a time word or phrase is a sentence introducer and is joined to the sentence with ya.

Ad ugwan mahkay ya mabalin an mi'tāyapa' ay da'yu.

Now finally I am able to fly with you.

La'tot anu ya nun'agah di lugwāna.

Later they say, her tears fell.