mata-ya

Europic

Pronunciation

• Europic Phonology: /ma.ta.ja/

Alternate Forms

• mataya, ma-ta-ya (Hyphenation is not mandatory in pronouns.)

Etymology

From ma-ta ‘our’ + ya ‘(plural)’.

Adjective (Determiner)

mata-ya

1. our, all of ours, yours and mine

   First person plural inclusive possessive determiner.

Sing.	Psn	Poss.	Prn.	Plur.	Psn	Poss.	Prn.
mu	1sg.	ma	ma-lu	mu-ya	1pl. excl.	ma-ya	maya-lu
mu-tu	1+2sg.	ma-ta	mata-lu	mutu-ya	1pl. incl.	mata-ya	mataya-lu
tu	2sg.	ta	ta-lu	tu-ya	2pl.	ta-ya	taya-lu
ru	3sg. anim.	ra	ra-lu	ru-ya	3pl. anim.	ra-ya	raya-lu
su	3sg. inan.	sa	sa-lu	su-ya	3pl. inan.	sa-ya	saya-lu

Related Terms

• mu-tu-ya ‘we’