Yakan - dī

dī

One’s own (object or place).

It always occurs before the noun.

Niya' sinsimku hininang duk dī bulawanku.

I have a ring that was made of my own gold.

This house is his own.

dī-

Oneself; -self (myself, yourself, himself, etc.).

Always connected to a pronoun of the ergative/genitive set.

Bang owakin, na'at dīne.

The crow calls himself.

A'a iyan magluma'an dīne.

That person lives by himself.

Pī ne kew ngeddo'an dīnu.

Go and get it for yourself.

dī sali-

For s.t. to be (in a certain state) from birth, since birth; by nature, naturally; inborn, innate.

Always connected to a pronoun of the ergative/genitive set.

Pessek iye dī saline.

He has been blind from birth.

Kulinut kōkkun dī saliku.

My hair is naturally curly.