Éì
Méníshè
Etymology
From Proto-Méníshè *ei.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
éì (first person singular independent, plural pé)
- I; first person singular independent personal pronoun
Inflection
| Méníshè Personal Pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dependent | Possessive | |||||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||
| First Person | éì | pé | i- / y- | pé- / p- | inyás | pényás | |
| Second Person | lóù | ráà | lu- / lw- | ra- / r- | lunyás | ranyás | |
| Third Person | Magic Class | 'ayás | ákhá | a- / '- | anyás | ||
| Human Class | ìnás | ìnór | na- / n- | nanyás | |||
| Air Class | wàás | wàáz | u- / w- | unyás | |||
| Earth Class | t'anás | t'ányà | t'a- / t'- | t'anyás | |||
| Fire Class | jás | jàáz | jì- / j- | jìnyás | |||
| Water Class | sibás | sibáz | sí- / sh- | sínyás | |||
| Generic | a | a- / ás- | anyás | ||||
Creation and Usage Notes
| This was a throw back to Kamakawi whose first person singular pronoun is almost identical. Why not, I figured!
-David J. Peterson 01:43, 20 March 2020 (PDT) |