Contionary:ca
Annerish
Etymology 1
Superficially similar to Goidelic cía, but Teagan argues for a derivation from the verb below.
Pronunciation
(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑ/ [kʰɑ]
Particle
cà (runic:ᚷᚭ)
- Introduces "wh-" questions:
- Ca se? - What is this?
- Cáırse? Cáırsí? - Who is that? Who is she?
- Ca toıde tàr se? - What does it mean?
- Fronts a relative argument:
- Ca toıde a tháır se, ar déa na mırphell. - What it means is that they are in a predicament.
Etymology 2
Uncertain; per Bernthaler from Germanic *haitaną with influence from Goidelic caí ("laments").
Pronunciation
(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑː/ [kʰɑˑ]
Verb
cà (runic:ᚷᚭ)
- (intr.; +ᴠᴏᴄ.) To be called; one's name is …
- Only ɪᴍᴘᴇʀꜰ. (ɴᴀʀ.) and ᴘʀᴇᴛ. forms are attested
- cà, cáım, cáıgí
- cechat or cıchet
- Only ɪᴍᴘᴇʀꜰ. (ɴᴀʀ.) and ᴘʀᴇᴛ. forms are attested
ɴ.ʙ.
The first edition of the Bésgnae Béırle coined a since unattested verbal noun cás by analogy with bás, along with ɪʀʀ. cıcher and ᴄᴏɴᴅ. cıchır.
Avendonian
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin quam.
Adverb
ca
- how, as
Ayeri
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tY (ca)
- third-person masculine plural locative pronoun
See also
| Ayeri personal pronouns | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| top | a | p | dat | gen | loc | caus | ins | |||
| first person |
singular | ay | yang | yas | yām | nā | yā | sā | rī | |
| plural | ayn | nang | nas | nyam | nana | nyā | nisa | ni | ||
| second person |
singular/ plural |
va | vāng | vās | vayam | vana | vaya | vasa | vari | |
| third person |
singular | m | ya | yāng | yās | yayam | yana | yāy | yasa | yari |
| f | ye | yeng | yes | yeyam | yena | yea | yesa | yeri | ||
| n | yo | yong | yos | yoyam | yona | yoa | yosa | yori | ||
| inan | ra | reng | rey | rayam | ran | raya | rasa | rari | ||
| plural | m | yan | tang | tas | cam | tan | ca | tis | ti | |
| f | yen | teng | tes | teyam | ten | teya | tēs | teri | ||
| n | yon | tong | tos | toyam | ton | toya | tōs | tori | ||
| inan | ran | teng | tey | racam | ten | raca | ratas | ray | ||