insa

See also: inşa, inşâ, and însă

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ⁿsá/

Noun

insá class 9 (plural insá class 10)

1. duiker

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *draRaq (“blood”), from Proto-Austronesian *daRaq (“blood”)

Noun

insa

1. blood

Possessive forms

Possessive forms of insa (loose inalienable possession, -ah stem)

singular possessor	first person		insahioa
	second person		insahmwen
	third person		insah
dual possessors	first person inclusive		insahsa
	first person exclusive		insahma
	second person		insahmwa
	third person		insahra
plural possessors	first person inclusive		insahsai
	first person exclusive		insahmai
	second person		insahmwai
	third person		insahrai
remote plural possessors	first person inclusive		insahs
	first person exclusive		insahmi
	second person		insahmwi
	third person		insahr
construct form			insahn

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar usun, Oromo isaan and Saho úsun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinsa/
• Hyphenation: in‧sa

Pronoun

insa

1. they

See also

Sidamo personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Nominative	sg.	ani	ati	isi	ise
	pl.	ninke	kiʼne	insa
Genitive	sg.	ane*)	ate*)	isi*)	ise*)
	pl.	ninke*)	kiʼne*)	insa*)
Accusative	sg.	ane*)	ate*)	iso*)	ise*)
	pl.	ninke*)	kiʼne*)	insa*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

Zou

Noun

insa

1. pet, domestic animal

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf