annaga

Somali

Etymology

Heine gives no Proto-Somaloid reconstruction but compares it with Rendille nah', which Ehret derives from Proto-Cushitic *ʔann-/*ʔinn- (“we”), and Blažek derives from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔan-ḥina/u. Compare with Proto-Semitic *niḥnu.

Cognate with Rendille nah', Baiso no, Daasanach nyiini, Oromo nuyi, Khonso ino, Dirasha ennu, Bussa innoca, Afar nanu, Yaaku niini, Burji naanu, Sidamo ninke, Tsamai ine, Beja hinin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀nˈnɑ́.ɡɑ̀/

Pronoun

annága (inclusive innaga)

  1. we, us (first-person plural independent exclusive personal pronoun)

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

  • Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). "Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga" (in Somali). Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, page 27
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