yáab irrigation canal

Part of Speech n.fem
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): -a
    • irrigation canal
      • Example 102:
        yáab ghaší aǰá gúum.
        yab
        irrigation.canal
        ghašé
        catch
        -í
        -CV
        aǰá
        up
        gúum
        go.pfv.MSG
        I went up along the canal.
        Source:
        A:HUA053
      • Example 1855:
        taníi zamín bíiḍi de xu ba yáab na heensíli de.
        taníi
        3pl.REM.gen
        zamín
        land
        bíiḍ
        much
        -i
        -f
        de
        pst
        xu
        ADVS
        ba
        top
        yab
        irrigation.canal
        na
        neg
        háans
        exist
        -íl
        -pfv
        -i
        -f
        de
        pst
        They had plenty of land but there was no irrigation canal.
        Source:
        A:DLX344