adya
Chichewa
Alternative forms
- a'dya
Etymology
From a- (“Class 2 noun prefix”) + dya (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ɗʲa/
Noun
adya class 2
- plural of mdya.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadˈjaʔ/ [ʔɐdˈd͡ʒaʔ], /ʔadˈja/ [ʔɐdˈd͡ʒa]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔadˈjaʔ/ [ʔɐd̪ˈjaʔ], (no palatal assimilation) /ʔadˈja/ [ʔɐd̪ˈja]
- Rhymes: -aʔ, -a
- Syllabification: ad‧ya
Noun
adyâ or adyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌ)
- protection; protective care or help
- salvation; redemption or delivery, as from sin, danger, etc.
Derived terms
- iadya
- ipag-adya
- mag-adya
Further reading
- “adya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “adya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.