rya
See also: RYA
English
Etymology
From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).
Noun
rya (plural ryas)
- A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
- 2008, Kirsti Salo-Mattila, “Chapter 12: Transformations in the Art of Rya Making”, in Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, editor, Reinventing Art of Everyday Making, Peter Lang, page 217:
- People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists.
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Swedish rya. Related to ru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁyːa]
Noun
rya c (singular definite ryaen, plural indefinite ryaer)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rya | ryaen | ryaer | ryaerne |
| genitive | ryas | ryaens | ryaers | ryaernes |
Derived terms
References
- “rya” in Den Danske Ordbog
Franco-Provençal
Noun
rya (Fribourgeois)
References
- roue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
Herero
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.
Verb
rya
- to eat
Japanese
Romanization
rya
Mwani
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.
Verb
-rya (infinitive kurya)
- to eat
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.
Verb
-ryá (infinitive kuryá, perfective -rîye)
- to eat
Derived terms
Swedish
Noun
rya c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | rya | ryas |
| definite | ryan | ryans | |
| plural | indefinite | ryor | ryors |
| definite | ryorna | ryornas |