yá

adverb. formerly, ago

Cognates

• N. io “ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

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

Element in

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

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YA > yá	[jā]	✧ Ety/YA

íre

conjunction. when

Cognates

• S. ir “?when, while”

Element in

• ᴹQ. enyáre tar i tyel, íre Anarinya qeluva “in that day beyond the end, when my Sun faileth” ✧ LR/072
• ᴹQ. íre ilqa yéva nótina, hostainiéva, yallume “when all is counted, and all numbered at last” ✧ LR/072

Variations

• íre ✧ LR/072; LR/072