aya

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Translingual

Symbol

aya

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Awar terms

English

Etymology 1

Noun

aya (plural ayas)

1. Alternative form of ayah.

Etymology 2

Adverb

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.”

Anagrams

• yaa

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *āja.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

aya (definite accusative ayanı, plural ayalar)

1. (Chambarak) palm of the hand

   Synonyms: ovuc, kəfə

Declension

Declension of aya

	singular	plural
nominative	aya	ayalar
definite accusative	ayanı	ayaları
dative	ayaya	ayalara
locative	ayada	ayalarda
ablative	ayadan	ayalardan
definite genitive	ayanın	ayaların

Possessive forms of aya

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ayam	ayalarım
sənin (“your”)	ayan	ayaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	ayası	ayaları
bizim (“our”)	ayamız	ayalarımız
sizin (“your”)	ayanız	ayalarınız
onların (“their”)	ayası or ayaları	ayaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ayamı	ayalarımı
sənin (“your”)	ayanı	ayalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	ayasını	ayalarını
bizim (“our”)	ayamızı	ayalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	ayanızı	ayalarınızı
onların (“their”)	ayasını or ayalarını	ayalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ayama	ayalarıma
sənin (“your”)	ayana	ayalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	ayasına	ayalarına
bizim (“our”)	ayamıza	ayalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	ayanıza	ayalarınıza
onların (“their”)	ayasına or ayalarına	ayalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ayamda	ayalarımda
sənin (“your”)	ayanda	ayalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	ayasında	ayalarında
bizim (“our”)	ayamızda	ayalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	ayanızda	ayalarınızda
onların (“their”)	ayasında or ayalarında	ayalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ayamdan	ayalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	ayandan	ayalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	ayasından	ayalarından
bizim (“our”)	ayamızdan	ayalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	ayanızdan	ayalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	ayasından or ayalarından	ayalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ayamın	ayalarımın
sənin (“your”)	ayanın	ayalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	ayasının	ayalarının
bizim (“our”)	ayamızın	ayalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	ayanızın	ayalarınızın
onların (“their”)	ayasının or ayalarının	ayalarının

Further reading

• “aya” in Obastan.com.

Balinese

Etymology

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

Adjective

aya (Balinese script ᬳᬬ)

1. big, large

References

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

Biak

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

aya

1. first person singular pronoun, I

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *aya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈja/

Verb

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	ayali aya-li	iliyya il-iyya	ilooiyya iloo-iyya
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishiyya ish-iyya	hashiyya hash-iyya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	iyya	(hoo)iyya (hoo-)iyya

Class III Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	amayya am-ayya	pomayya pom-ayya	hapomayya hapom-ayya
2nd-person (you, you all)	chimayya chim-ayya	hachimayya hachim-ayya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	imayya im-ayya

Class N Verb Subjects (Negative)

Verbs starting with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	akayyo ak-ayy-o	kilayyo kil-ayy-o	kilooayyo kiloo-ayy-o
2nd-person (you, you all)	chikayyo chik-ayy-o	hachikayyo hachik-ayy-o
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	ikayyo ik-ayy-o	ik(hoo)ayyo ik-(hoo-)ayy-o

Descendants

• Mobilian: aya

Chungli Ao

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a˥.ja˩/, [a˥.ja˩]

Verb

aya

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

Inflection

Inflection of aya (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	aya	maya
	Perfect	yaogo	meyaogo
Present	Simple	ayar	mayar
	Progressive	yadar yadagi	meyadar meyadagi
Future/infinitive		ayatsü	mayatsü
Imperative		yang	taya
Present participle		ya-a	meyai
Conditional		yara yarabang	meyara meyarabang

Derived terms

• itaya

Etymology 2

Verb

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...

Inflection

Inflection of aya (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	aya	maya
	Perfect	yaogo	meyaogo
Present	Simple	ayar	mayar
	Progressive	yadar yadagi	meyadar meyadagi
Future/infinitive		ayatsü	mayatsü
Imperative		yang	taya
Present participle		ya-a	meyai
Conditional		yara yarabang	meyara meyarabang

Further reading

• 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

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

aya

1. not yet

Ewe

Alternative forms

• ya (dialectal, Aŋlo)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.já/

Noun

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

References

• 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

Franco-Provençal

Noun

aya (plural aye) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Noun

āyā̀ f (plural āyōyī, possessed form āyàr̃)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ayā f (possessed form ayar̃)

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

Iban

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aya

1. uncle (parent's brother)

Iraqw

Noun

aya m (plural ayeemoo n)

1. village, land, country, neighborhood

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

aya

1. Rōmaji transcription of あや

Jumaytepeque

Noun

aya

1. woman, female

References

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

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

Particle

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?

See also

Kankanaey particles

• repetition: loman · manen · kasin · abe
• surprise: baw / kambaw · gayam · aya
• emphasis: a · -et · adi · dedan · mon · ay
• certainty: od · ket · ngarud · kadi · yan
• uncertainty: ngata · samet · ngin · kano
• specification: to · -en · pay · anggoy · laeng · koma
• objection: etay · met · et abe · etet · damdama
• concession: kayman · od baw · iman
• explanation: gamin · tomet · gayam · ngay · ya
• request: kod · kay · man · paabe

References

• 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

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		آیا

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani aya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aja/

Dialectal forms

• (Mehrzamin) IPA^(key): [aja]
• (Mehrzamin) IPA^(key): [ajam] (inflected form attested only)

Noun

aya (definite accusative ayañ, plural ayalar)

1. palm

   Synonyms: əl içi, əl kəfi, kəf

Declension

Declension of aya

	singular	plural
nominative	aya	ayalar
genitive	ayañ	ayalarııñ
dative	ayaqa	ayalarqa
definite accusative	ayañ	ayaları
locative	ayaça	ayalarça
ablative	ayada	ayalarda
instrumental	ayala	ayalarla
equative	ayavâra	ayalarvâra

References

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

Kurudu

Pronoun

aya

1. first person singular pronoun, I

Laz

Pronoun

aya

1. Latin spelling of აჲა (aya)

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aya (“father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband”), from Proto-Austronesian *aya.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aya (Lontara spelling ᨕᨐ)

1. (noble) mother
2. aunt (specifically one younger than the mother)

Derived terms

affixations

• ayaang
• ayàng

See also

• puaʼ

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

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

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

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

Further reading

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

Maybrat

Noun

aya

1. water
2. river
3. oil

References

• 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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown. Probably borrowed from Sanskrit आयास (āyāsa, “effort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaja/
• Rhymes: -ja, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ya

Noun

aya

1. effort, endeavour, the course of action for effecting

Alternative forms

• ayah
• haya

Derived terms

• aṅaya
• makapaṅayāya
• maṅaya
• maṅaya-aya
• maṅayāya
• paṅayah
• paṅayāya
• pinakapaṅayāya

Descendants

• > Javanese: ayah (inherited)

Further reading

• "aya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Olukumi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jā/

Noun

aya

1. wife

   Antonym: ọkọ

Derived terms

• ayọ́lọ́zà (“queen”)

Related terms

• írálé (“co-wife”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish allá and Portuguese alá.

Adverb

aya

1. there

Quechua

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Quechuan *aya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ja/

Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of aya

	singular	plural
nominative	aya	ayakuna
accusative	ayata	ayakunata
dative	ayaman	ayakunaman
genitive	ayapa	ayakunap
locative	ayapi	ayakunapi
terminative	ayakama	ayakunakama
ablative	ayamanta	ayakunamanta
instrumental	ayawan	ayakunawan
comitative	ayanintin	ayakunantin
abessive	ayaninnaq	ayakunannaq
comparative	ayahina	ayakunahina
causative	ayarayku	ayakunarayku
benefactive	ayapaq	ayakunapaq
associative	ayapura	ayakunapura
distributive	ayaninka	ayakunanka
exclusive	ayalla	ayakunalla

Possessive forms of aya

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative ayaniy ayaniykuna accusative ayaniyta ayaniykunata dative ayaniyman ayaniykunaman genitive ayaniypa ayaniykunap locative ayaniypi ayaniykunapi terminative ayaniykama ayaniykunakama ablative ayaniymanta ayaniykunamanta instrumental ayaniywan ayaniykunawan comitative ayaniynintin ayaniykunantin abessive ayaniyninnaq ayaniykunannaq comparative ayaniyhina ayaniykunahina causative ayaniyrayku ayaniykunarayku benefactive ayaniypaq ayaniykunapaq associative ayaniypura ayaniykunapura distributive ayaniyninka ayaniykunanka exclusive ayaniylla ayaniykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative ayaniyki ayaniykikuna accusative ayaniykita ayaniykikunata dative ayaniykiman ayaniykikunaman genitive ayaniykipa ayaniykikunap locative ayaniykipi ayaniykikunapi terminative ayaniykikama ayaniykikunakama ablative ayaniykimanta ayaniykikunamanta instrumental ayaniykiwan ayaniykikunawan comitative ayaniykintin ayaniykikunantin abessive ayaniykinnaq ayaniykikunannaq comparative ayaniykihina ayaniykikunahina causative ayaniykirayku ayaniykikunarayku benefactive ayaniykipaq ayaniykikunapaq associative ayaniykipura ayaniykikunapura distributive ayaniykinka ayaniykikunanka exclusive ayaniykilla ayaniykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative ayanin ayaninkuna accusative ayaninta ayaninkunata dative ayaninman ayaninkunaman genitive ayaninpa ayaninkunap locative ayaninpi ayaninkunapi terminative ayaninkama ayaninkunakama ablative ayaninmanta ayaninkunamanta instrumental ayaninwan ayaninkunawan comitative ayaninintin ayaninkunantin abessive ayaninninnaq ayaninkunannaq comparative ayaninhina ayaninkunahina causative ayaninrayku ayaninkunarayku benefactive ayaninpaq ayaninkunapaq associative ayaninpura ayaninkunapura distributive ayanininka ayaninkunanka exclusive ayaninlla ayaninkunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative ayaninchik ayaninchikkuna accusative ayaninchikta ayaninchikkunata dative ayaninchikman ayaninchikkunaman genitive ayaninchikpa ayaninchikkunap locative ayaninchikpi ayaninchikkunapi terminative ayaninchikkama ayaninchikkunakama ablative ayaninchikmanta ayaninchikkunamanta instrumental ayaninchikwan ayaninchikkunawan comitative ayaninchiknintin ayaninchikkunantin abessive ayaninchikninnaq ayaninchikkunannaq comparative ayaninchikhina ayaninchikkunahina causative ayaninchikrayku ayaninchikkunarayku benefactive ayaninchikpaq ayaninchikkunapaq associative ayaninchikpura ayaninchikkunapura distributive ayaninchikninka ayaninchikkunanka exclusive ayaninchiklla ayaninchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative ayaniyku ayaniykukuna accusative ayaniykuta ayaniykukunata dative ayaniykuman ayaniykukunaman genitive ayaniykupa ayaniykukunap locative ayaniykupi ayaniykukunapi terminative ayaniykukama ayaniykukunakama ablative ayaniykumanta ayaniykukunamanta instrumental ayaniykuwan ayaniykukunawan comitative ayaniykuntin ayaniykukunantin abessive ayaniykunnaq ayaniykukunannaq comparative ayaniykuhina ayaniykukunahina causative ayaniykurayku ayaniykukunarayku benefactive ayaniykupaq ayaniykukunapaq associative ayaniykupura ayaniykukunapura distributive ayaniykunka ayaniykukunanka exclusive ayaniykulla ayaniykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative ayaniykichik ayaniykichikkuna accusative ayaniykichikta ayaniykichikkunata dative ayaniykichikman ayaniykichikkunaman genitive ayaniykichikpa ayaniykichikkunap locative ayaniykichikpi ayaniykichikkunapi terminative ayaniykichikkama ayaniykichikkunakama ablative ayaniykichikmanta ayaniykichikkunamanta instrumental ayaniykichikwan ayaniykichikkunawan comitative ayaniykichiknintin ayaniykichikkunantin abessive ayaniykichikninnaq ayaniykichikkunannaq comparative ayaniykichikhina ayaniykichikkunahina causative ayaniykichikrayku ayaniykichikkunarayku benefactive ayaniykichikpaq ayaniykichikkunapaq associative ayaniykichikpura ayaniykichikkunapura distributive ayaniykichikninka ayaniykichikkunanka exclusive ayaniykichiklla ayaniykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative ayaninku ayaninkukuna accusative ayaninkuta ayaninkukunata dative ayaninkuman ayaninkukunaman genitive ayaninkupa ayaninkukunap locative ayaninkupi ayaninkukunapi terminative ayaninkukama ayaninkukunakama ablative ayaninkumanta ayaninkukunamanta instrumental ayaninkuwan ayaninkukunawan comitative ayaninkuntin ayaninkukunantin abessive ayaninkunnaq ayaninkukunannaq comparative ayaninkuhina ayaninkukunahina causative ayaninkurayku ayaninkukunarayku benefactive ayaninkupaq ayaninkukunapaq associative ayaninkupura ayaninkukunapura distributive ayaninkunka ayaninkukunanka exclusive ayaninkulla ayaninkukunalla

Derived terms

• • aya pampana
  • ayachay
  • ayawaska

Solon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

aya

1. good
2. well

References

• 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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʝa/ [ˈa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʝa/ [ˈa.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃa/ [ˈa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʒa/ [ˈa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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

Noun

aya f (plural ayas)

1. female equivalent of ayo

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ja/

Verb

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.

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• diayakeun

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

aya class IX (plural aya class X)

1. paragraph

   Synonym: paragrafu

2. verse

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

1. pleasantness of the weather, face, etc.

   Synonyms: aliwalas, kaaliwalasan

Derived terms

• di-kaaya-aya
• kaaya-aya
• maaya

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish aya (“governess”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

1. governess; caretaker of children

   Synonyms: yaya, ama, sisiwa

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ayà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

1. alternative form of yaya

Derived terms

• ayain

Ternate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ja]

Verb

aya

1. (transitive) to sift

Conjugation

Conjugation of aya

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toaya	foaya	miaya
2nd person		noaya	niaya
3rd person	masculine	oaya	iaya yoaya (archaic)
	feminine	moaya
	neuter	iaya

References

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

Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

aya (definite accusative ayayı, plural ayalar)

1. palm (of hand)

Declension

Declension of aya

singular plural nominative aya ayalar definite accusative ayayı ayaları dative ayaya ayalara locative ayada ayalarda ablative ayadan ayalardan genitive ayanın ayaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular ayam ayalarım 2nd singular ayan ayaların 3rd singular ayası ayaları 1st plural ayamız ayalarımız 2nd plural ayanız ayalarınız 3rd plural ayaları ayaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular ayamı ayalarımı 2nd singular ayanı ayalarını 3rd singular ayasını ayalarını 1st plural ayamızı ayalarımızı 2nd plural ayanızı ayalarınızı 3rd plural ayalarını ayalarını dative singular plural 1st singular ayama ayalarıma 2nd singular ayana ayalarına 3rd singular ayasına ayalarına 1st plural ayamıza ayalarımıza 2nd plural ayanıza ayalarınıza 3rd plural ayalarına ayalarına locative singular plural 1st singular ayamda ayalarımda 2nd singular ayanda ayalarında 3rd singular ayasında ayalarında 1st plural ayamızda ayalarımızda 2nd plural ayanızda ayalarınızda 3rd plural ayalarında ayalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular ayamdan ayalarımdan 2nd singular ayandan ayalarından 3rd singular ayasından ayalarından 1st plural ayamızdan ayalarımızdan 2nd plural ayanızdan ayalarınızdan 3rd plural ayalarından ayalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular ayamın ayalarımın 2nd singular ayanın ayalarının 3rd singular ayasının ayalarının 1st plural ayamızın ayalarımızın 2nd plural ayanızın ayalarınızın 3rd plural ayalarının ayalarının

References

• 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

Etymology 2

Noun

aya

1. dative singular of ay

Yale

Noun

aya

1. father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ọyà

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jā/, /ā.jà/

Noun

aya or ayà

1. wife

   Synonyms: abilekọ, ìyàwó

   Antonym: ọkọ

Notes

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.jà/

Noun

àyà

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

   Synonyms: ọkàn, ẹ̀dọ̀

3. (idiomatic) bravery, courage

   Synonyms: akin, ògbójú

Derived terms

• aláyà (“brave person”)
• fòyà (“to become nervous”)
• gbóyà (“to be mature, to be courageous”)
• igbá-àyà (“sternum”)
• àyà-títa (“heartburn”)
• ìgboyà (“courage”)
• ìgbóná-àyà (“heartburn”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.já/

Noun

àyá

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

   Synonyms: àyájọ́, ayẹyẹ

Derived terms

• àyájọ́ (“anniversary”)

Yupiltepeque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aja/

Noun

aya

1. woman

See also

• jumu (“man”)

References

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

Zazaki

Pronoun

aya

1. she