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yāya
ya
masc dat sg of ya (letter); fem instr sg of ya (pron); fem dat sg of ya (pron); fem abl sg of ya (pron); …
- ya (pron): whoever; whatever; whichever
- ya (letter): (gram) letter y; 34th letter of the alphabet; palatal semi-vowel
- ya (cs): (gram) ya; suffix used to form impersonal and passive verbs
- ya (cs): (gram) ya; conjugational sign of group 3 divādigaṇa verbs
- yāya (pron): by whichever; by which; with which
- yāyati (pr): goes; moves forward; proceeds; travels
- yāyanta (prp): going; moving forward; proceeding; travelling
- yāyi (aor): went; traveled (by)
Built from
- y — root · relative
Root of the relative pronoun ya. Cognate with Latin qui, Greek ho (ὁ), English who—all from Indo-European *yo-.
- āya — ending · instr./abl. fem. sg
The instrumental and ablative ending for feminine a-stem pronouns, marking the case and number in this feminine form.
Etymology. From the pronoun ya (who, which), with instrumental/ablative ending -āya. Ya derives from Indo-European *yo- (relative pronoun), cognate with Latin qui, Greek ho, English who. The suffix -āya marks the instrumental and ablative cases of feminine a-stem pronouns.