aniga

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *ani,[1] from Proto-Cushitic *ʔani,[2] from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔan- + *yi.[3]

Cognate with Garre ana, Tunni ana, Aweer an, Rendille ani, Jiiddu ani, Baiso ani, Oromo ani, Borana ani, Khonso ana, Dirasha an, Afar anu, Burji ani, Gedeo ani, Hadiyya ani, Kambaata ani, Sidamo ani, Tsamai ano, Dahalo anyi, Iraqw aning, Blin an, Xamtanga ኣን (an), Awngi ኣን (an), Beja áni.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀.ˈnɪ́.ɡɑ̀/
  • (Ashraaf) IPA(key): /ʔaŋ/
  • (Benadir) IPA(key): /ʔaníɡa/
  • (Jabarti) IPA(key): /ʔániɡa/
  • IPA(key): (Maay) /ʔan̪ə/[4]

Pronoun

aníga (subject clitic aan, object clitic i)

  1. I, me (first-person singular independent emphatic personal pronoun)

Usage notes

Commonly abbreviated as ani.

See also

Somali personal pronouns
independent clitic
emphatic subject object
1st person singular aniga aan i
plural exclusive annaga aannu na
inclusive innaga aynu ina
2nd person singular adiga aad ku
plural idinka aydin idin
3rd person singular m isaga uu -
f iyada ay
plural iyaga ay

References

  • De Larajasse, E. (1897). "Somali-English and English-Somali dictionary". A-AB, page 1
  1. ^ Heine, B (1978). "The Sam Languages: A History of Rendille, Boni, and Somali", page 52
  2. ^ Ehret, C (1987), “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180
  3. ^ Blažek, V. (2019). "Afroasiatic personal pronouns". Diachronic perspectives on suppletion. Hamburg; Baar-Verlag, page 256
  4. ^ D.L. Appleyard. "Agaw, Cushitic and Afroasiatic: The Personal Pronoun Revisited", Journal of Semitic Studies, Volume XXXI, Issue 2, AUTUMN 1986, page 227
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