ياتو

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Sudanese Arabic ياتو (yātu, “which”) and (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic ييات (īyāt, “which”).

Pronoun

ياتو • (yātu)

  1. who?
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎, N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 3:11:
      وَ اللّٰهْ الرَّبّ قَالْ لَيَّهْ: يَاتُو الْأَوْرَاكْ كَدَرْ إِنْتَ عَرْيَانْ؟
      And the lord said to him: who told you that you were naked?

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Chadian Arabic ياتو (yātu, “who”) and (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic ييات (īyāt, “which”).[1]

Pronoun

ياتو • (yātu)

  1. which?

Descendants
  • Juba Arabic: yatu

References
  1. S. Hillelson (2011) Sudan Arabic Texts‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page xvix
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