yawi

Pipil

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈjawi/

Verb

yawi

1. (intransitive) to go, to move through space

   Yajki ka itechan pal kita ne imiakwan

   She/he went to his town to see her/his family

   Nemi pal niawi nikpanultia muchi tey ne timunekit pal ne shupan

   I have to go to move everything we will need for the rainy season

2. (auxiliary) to be going to (used to indicate the future)

   Ashan niu-ninaka ka nuchan ika nikukuya

   Today I'm going to stay home because I'm sick

Usage notes

• In informal speech, the auxiliary verb yawi to indicate periphrastic future often takes the shortened form yu- conjugated for the corresponding person with no plural markers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of yawi

tense	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
	naja	taja	yaja	tejemet	anmejemet	yejemet
present	niawi	tiawi	yawi	tiawit	anyawit	yawit
subjunctive	ma niaw	ma shiaw/shu	ma yawi	ma tiawit	ma shawit/shumet	ma yawit/yawikan
past	niajki	tiajki	yiajki	tiajket	anyajket	yajket
perfect	niajtuk	tiajtuk	yajtuk	tiatiwit	anyajtiwit	yajtiwit
future1	niasneki (nias2)	tiasneki (tias2)	yasneki (tias2)	tiasnekit (tiasket2)	anyasnekit (tiasanyasket2)	yasnekit (yasket2)
conditional	niaskia	tiaskia	yaskia	tiaskiat	anaskiat	yaskiat
pluperfect1	niajtuya	tiajtuya	yajtuya	tiajtuyat	anyajtuyat	yajtuyat
conditional perfect1	niajtuskia	tiajtuskia	yajtuskia	tiajtuskiat	anyajtuskiat	yajtuskiat
imperative	—	shiaw / shu	—	tiawit	shawit / shumet	—

¹ These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.
² Archaic forms, no longer used in modern speech.

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llave (“key”).

Noun

yawi

1. key

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjawi/ [ˈjaː.wɪ]
• Rhymes: -awi
• Syllabification: ya‧wi

Noun

yawi (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏᜒ)

1. alternative form of yawe

Tarifit

Verb

yawi (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴰⵡⵉ)

1. third-person masculine singular aorist of awey

Woiwurrung

Noun

yawi

1. pig

See also

• dalam (“pork”)