jiya

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Gun

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Etymology

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Most likely from Proto-Gbe *-ya (suffering) or possibly from Yoruba jìyà (to suffer). Cognates include Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya. Compare Yoruba jìyà, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba jùyà, Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà

Pronunciation

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Verb

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jìyà

  1. to suffer
    Synonym: ɖù yà

Gurindji

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Noun

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jiya

  1. kangaroo

References

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  • Patrick McConvell. 2009. Gurindji vocabulary.

In: Haspelmath, Martin & Tadmor, Uri (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 1028entries. (Available online at http://wold.clld.org/vocabulary/31, Accessed on 2022-05-03.)

Xhosa

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Etymology

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Verb

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-jiya?

  1. (transitive) to thicken

Inflection

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Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From jẹ (to consume) +‎ ìyà (suffering). Cognates include Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà. Compare Gun jìyà, Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya

Pronunciation

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Verb

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jìyà

  1. to suffer

Derived terms

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