ᴹQ. yá adv. “formerly, ago” (Category: Past, Ago)

⚠️ᴹQ. yá, adv. “formerly, ago” (Category: Past, Ago)

Q. né “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)”

Reference ✧ Ety/YA ✧ “formerly, ago”

Element In

• ᴹQ. yalúme “former times”
• ᴹQ. yáre “former days”
• ᴹQ. yenya “last year”
• ᴹQ. yasse “once upon a time; there” ✧ Ety/YA

Cognates

• N. io “ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

• < ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > yá

[jā]

✧ Ety/YA