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sigeya
siga, sa
1.
they; them; focused pronoun.
Here sigeya is a set 1 focused pronoun. How it is translated into English, depends on whether it is the subject or the object.
siga (Sim), sigam (Tan)
2.
they; them; third person plural referent-emphatic pronoun.
Here sigeya is from the set 3 referent-emphatic and is usually nonfocused, as it is when it follows the prepositions ma and min . But it can be focused in certain environments. See the discussion in the "Grammar Notes".
sigam naan (Tan)
3.
they; them; third person plural clitic pronoun.
Here sigeya is a member of the set 2, nonfocused clitic pronouns. When sigeya follows a verb which form requires a nonfocused actor, it is the nonfocused actor or, "doer" of that verb. For ease in reading, this clitic pronoun may be connected with a hyphen to the verb it follows. This clitic is the object of the prepositions tag and eh , but with these prepositions, it need not be hyphenated. See the discussion in the "Grammar Notes" and in the "Orthography Section".
siga (Sim), sigam (Tan)
4.
‘pronoun’ their; third person plural possessive.
This is a set 2, nonfocused clitic pronoun which shows possession of the noun it follows. For ease in distinguishing it from the other pronoun sets, it may be connected to its noun with a hyphen. In this sense, sigeya may not be substituted with its variations, siga or sa .
anu-sigeya
theirs.
Here sigeya is the absolute possession form, when combined with anu , "place holder for any noun", "thing". Thus, "[this] thing is theirs".
ndi-sigeya
themselves.
Ndi is a bound form always followed by a set 2 clitic pronoun.
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