ŋka

Ik

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from East Cushitic, ulimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku (“I”).

Pronoun

ŋ́kà

  1. I (first-person singular nominative non-final form personal pronoun)

See also

Ik personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
singular plural singular plural singular plural
non-final final non-final final non-final final non-final final non-final final non-final final non-final final
exclusive inclusive
nominative ŋ́kà ŋ́kᵃ ŋgwa ŋgwᵃ ɲjíná ɲjín bìà bì bìtà bìtᵃ ntsa ntsᵃ ńtá ńtᵃ
accusative ɲ́cìà ɲ́cìkᵃ ŋgóá ŋgókᵃ ɲjíníà ɲjíníkᵃ bìà bìkᵃ bìtìà bìtìkᵃ ntsíá ntsíkᵃ ńtíà ńtíkᵃ
dative ɲ́cìè ɲ́cìkᵉ ŋgóé ŋgókᵉ ɲjíníè ɲjíníkᵉ bìè bìkᵉ bìtìè bìtìkᵉ ntsíé ntsíkᵉ ńtíè ńtíkᵉ
genitive ɲ́cìè ɲ́cì ŋgóé ŋgóᵉ ɲjíníè ɲjíní bìè bì bìtìè bìtì ntsíé ntsí ńtíè ńtí
ablative ɲ́cùò ɲ́cù ŋgóó ŋgó ɲjínúò ɲjínú bùò bù bìtùò bìtù ntsúó ntsú ńtúò ńtú
instrumental ŋ́kò ŋ́kᵒ ŋgo ŋgᵒ ɲjínó ɲjínᵒ bùò bù bìtò bìtᵒ ntso nts ńtó ńtᵒ
copulative ɲ́cùò ɲ́cùkᵒ ŋgóó ŋgókᵒ ɲjínúò ɲjínúkᵒ bùò bùkᵒ bìtùò bìtùkᵒ ntsúó ntsúkᵒ ńtúò ńtúkᵒ
oblique ɲ́cì ɲ́cⁱ ŋgo ŋgᵒ ɲjíní ɲjín bì bì bìtì bìtⁱ ntsi ntsⁱ ńtí ńtⁱ

References

  • Terrill B. Schrock (2017), The Ik language: Dictionary and grammar sketch, Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 513
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