bio

Riyan

Etymology

From Old Riyan bia, from Proto-Riyanic *bía, from Proto-Hirdic *biǽs (“what”), from Proto-Laenkean *ᵐbiǽs (interrogative).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biu̯/
• Rhyme: -iu̯

Pronoun

bio

1. what

   Na dehíd í vio?

   What are you watching?

2. (causes soft mutation) what kind of

   Na jaodír bio daostal?

   What kind of office do you work in?

Mutation

Riyan mutation
radical	lenited
bio	vio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.