Older brother. Vocative. yáya ‘elder brother!’; nayáyas ‘my brother’; iyáš ‘your brother’; piyáp ‘(his/her) brother’. See also pyáp. [NE yáyaˀ; NP /yácaˀ/.]
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Older brother. Vocative. yáya ‘elder brother!’; nayáyas ‘my brother’; iyáš ‘your brother’; piyáp ‘(his/her) brother’. See also pyáp. [NE yáyaˀ; NP /yácaˀ/.]