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==Middle Airananwe==

===Pronunciation===
* {{auphen|zya|YAR-AI}}

===Etymology===
The proclitic form of {{m|YAR-AI|dezye}} (''one''), its first syllable lost where it stood unstressed before a noun. The vowel stays full: a final ''-e'' weakens to [ə] and would have left the word inaudible.

===Article===
{{head|YAR-AI|article|head=zya-|gloss=a, an}}

# a, an; marks a thing not yet spoken of

====Related terms====
* Compare: {{l|YAR-AI|dezye}} (“one”)
* Compare: {{l|YAR-AI|pha-}} (“the”)

====Descendants====
* {{desc|YAS-AI|je}}