ditoy / dita / idiay

A location form can stand without an expressed place noun, as in the three presence clauses below. It can also precede a place name or common place noun. The reference describes ditoy as a place near both speaker and hearer, so “here” can include their shared area.

The predicate determines whether English uses “at,” “in,” or “to.” Compare Nagawid kami idiay Baguio, “We went home to Baguio, excluding you,” with Nanganda idiay balay, “They ate in the house.” The movement predicate gives a destination; the eating predicate gives an event location.

Do not add iti before the place noun in these illustrated idiay constructions. The sources also record locative diay as a variant. This entry practices the assigned full form and does not treat the variant as an error. The distance contrast is relational rather than a measurement in meters.