aya

aya

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awar.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Awar terms

aya (plural ayas)

1. Alternative form of ayah.

aya (not comparable)

1. (archaic, dialect, New England) Yes; yea; aye.
   • 1938, Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts, Coward-McCann and Samuel French, published 1965, →ISBN:

     “The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”

   • 2001, David McCullough, John Adams, Simon & Schuster, published 2001, →ISBN:

     “And for all her reading, her remarkable knowledge of English poetry and literature, she was never to lose certain countrified Yankee patterns of speech, saying 'Canady' for Canada, as an example, using 'set' for sit, or the old New England 'aya,' for yes.”

• yaa

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.ja˩/, [a˥.ja˩]

aya

1. (Chungli, of things other than the sun) to shine

aya

1. to be hungry
   • 1967, “Matthew 25:35”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Kechiyong ni ya-a liasü, aser nenoki kü nem chiyungtsü agütsü...

     Because I was hungry, and you gave me [something] to eat...

• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 159
• Clark, E. W. (1911), “AYA, ya”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

From Proto-Common Turkic *āja.

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aya (definite accusative ayanı, plural ayalar)

1. (Chambarak) palm of the hand ^[1]

   Synonyms: ovuc, kəfə

• “aya” in Obastan.com.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

aya (Balinese script ᬳᬬ)

1. big, large

• “aya”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

aya

1. first person singular pronoun, I

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *aya.

• IPA^(key): /aˈja/

aya (active and stative)

1. (intransitive) to go (I)
2. (transitive) to go (somewhere) (I;3)
3. (intransitive) to go to the bathroom, defecate (I)
4. (intransitive) to walk (in baseball) (I)
5. (auxiliary, preceded by II or III subject prefix) to get

• Replaced by iyya with Class I subject prefixes (aya used with Class I subject suffix -li).
• Replaced by ayya with Class III or N prefixes.
• The auxiliary is more common in the negative than the affirmative.

• Mobilian: aya

aya

1. not yet

• ya (dialectal, Aŋlo)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /à.já/

àyá (definite singular àyá lá or àyáá, plural àyáwó, definite plural àyááwó)

1. comb (for hair)

   Synonyms: afẽ (archaic), ayiɖa, lia, yiɖa (archaic)

2. clip, fastener

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “aya”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 570
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “aya”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 103
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “aya”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 32

aya (plural aye) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Perloz

• IPA^(key): /ʔáː.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔáː.jàː]

From Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

āyā̀ f (plural āyōyī, possessed form āyàr̃)

1. verse (usually of the Qur'an)
2. punctuation mark
3. pause

ayā f (possessed form ayar̃)

1. tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) (a plant)
2. tiger nut (a fruit)

• IPA^(key): /ajaʔ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ya
• Rhymes: -ajaʔ

aya

1. uncle (parent's brother)

aya m (plural ayeemoo n)

1. village, land, country, neighborhood

• Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002), Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9

aya

1. Rōmaji transcription of あや

aya

1. woman, female

• Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈja/ [ʔʌˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ya

ayá

1. requesting for confirmation, denoting surprise

   A, balat aya di inlako da baw?

   So it's bananas they're selling, huh? [I sure thought otherwise]

   Aw aya?

   Yes, is that so?

• Janet L. Allen (1978), “ayá”, in “Kankanaey adjuncts”, in Studies in Philippine Linguistics‎^[4], volume 2, number 1, →ISSN, page 87 of 82-102
• Allen, Larry (2021), “ayá”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Perso-Arabic		آیا

Borrowed from Azerbaijani aya.

• IPA^(key): /aja/

aya (definite accusative ayañ, plural ayalar)

1. palm

   Synonyms: əl içi, əl kəfi, kəf

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987), Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

aya

1. first person singular pronoun, I

aya

1. Latin spelling of აჲა (aya)

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈajə/ [ˈa.jə]
  • Rhymes: -ajə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈaja/ [ˈa.ja]
  • Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a‧ya

aya (Jawi spelling ايا, plural aya-aya or aya²)

1. father (male parent)

• ayah (ayahanda, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• rama

• "aya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

aya

1. water
2. river
3. oil

• Ajamiseba, Daniel C., August Kafiar & Peter J. Silzer (eds.) (1989) Aam ro Mai Brat [Mai Brat Vocabulary]. Jayapura: Universitas Cenderawasih and Summer Institute of Linguistics, pp. 1–2.
• Dol, Philomena (2007), A Grammar of Maybrat: a Language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia (Pacific Linguistics 586)‎^[5], Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 297

Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Yoruba aya, ọya, ọyà, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-yà

• IPA^(key): /ā.jā/

aya

1. wife

   Antonym: ọkọ

• ayọ́lọ́zà (“queen”)

• írálé (“co-wife”)

From Spanish allá and Portuguese alá.

aya

1. there

Inherited from Proto-Quechuan *aya

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ja/

aya

1. corpse, deceased, dead person
2. (Ayacucho) pale person

   Aya uyayuq sipas kinraypi sayachkan.

   The lady with the pale face is standing in the corner.

• • aya pampana
  • ayachay
  • ayawaska

Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *aja (“good”). Cognate with Oroqen aya, Evenki ая (aja), etc.

• (Hui) IPA^(key): /ɐjɐ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ya

aya

1. good
2. well

• Do·Dɵrji (October 2014), “aya”, in Ewengki Mɵnggɵl bilehu biteḡe / ᠡᠸᠡᠩᠬᠢ
  ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ
  ᠲᠣᠯᠢ
  ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ / 鄂蒙词典 [Ewenki–Mongolian Dictionary] (in Solon, Mongolian, and Chinese), Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House, →ISBN, page 49
• Do·Dɵrji (July 1998), “aya”, in Ewengki Nihang Bilehu Biteḡ / 鄂汉词典 [Ewenki–Chinese Dictionary], Hailar: Inner Mongolia Culture Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 96–97

Inherited from Latin avia (“grandmother”). Alternatively, although less likely, from an unattested Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja).

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: a‧ya
• Homophones: haya, (ll-y neutralization) halla

aya f (plural ayas)

1. female equivalent of ayo

Inherited from Old Sundanese aya, waya, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“be, exist, no, have”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ja/

aya

1. to be present, to exist, be there, there is.

   Diditu aya randa. ― There is a widow over there.

   Kamari si amang aya didieu ― Yesterday uncle was here.

2. to happen, to occur.

   Aya naon? ― What happens.

   Teu aya nanaon ― Nothing happens.

• (antonym(s) of “to be present, to exist”): euweuh (non-polite), teu aya (polite).

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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aya class IX (plural aya class X)

1. paragraph

   Synonym: paragrafu

2. verse

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaja/ [ˈʔaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: a‧ya

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

1. pleasantness of the weather, face, etc.

   Synonyms: aliwalas, kaaliwalasan

Borrowed from Spanish aya (“governess”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaja/ [ˈʔaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: a‧ya

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

1. governess; caretaker of children

   Synonyms: yaya, ama, sisiwa

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔajaʔ/ [ˈʔaː.jɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ajaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ya

ayà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

1. alternative form of yaya

• ayain

Probably from Classical Malay ايق (ayak) (cf. ayak), the stem of مڠايق (mengayak, “to sieve”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ja]

aya

1. (transitive) to sift

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Ottoman Turkish آیا, from Proto-Turkic *hāya, *āja (“palm (of hand)”).

aya (definite accusative ayayı, plural ayalar)

1. palm (of hand)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*āja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[6], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

aya

1. dative singular of ay

aya

1. father

• ọyà

Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Olukumi aya, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà

• IPA^(key): /ā.jā/, /ā.jà/

aya or ayà

1. wife^[1]

   Synonyms: abilekọ, ìyàwó

   Antonym: ọkọ

• The form ayà is used by speakers of Central Yoruba dialects. Other speakers of Central Yoruba and Northeast Yoruba dialects use the form ọyà

• aláya (“married man”)
• ayaba (“queen, royal wife”)

• IPA^(key): /à.jà/

àyà

1. chest
2. (by extension) lungs, heart

   Synonyms: ọkàn, ẹ̀dọ̀

3. (idiomatic) bravery, courage

   Synonyms: akin, ògbójú

• IPA^(key): /à.já/

àyá

1. (literally) same time in the past year
2. (by extension) anniversary

   Synonyms: àyájọ́, ayẹyẹ

• àyájọ́ (“anniversary”)

Cognate to Jumaytepeque aya, Jutiapa aiya, Chiquimulilla aʔyāj, Sinacantán ayala.

• IPA^(key): /aja/

aya

1. woman

• jumu (“man”)

• Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
• Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

aya

1. she