dya

Translingual

Symbol

dya

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dyan terms

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a (“to eat”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *di- (“to eat”). Cognate with Tumbuka -lya and Yao (Africa) -lya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɗʲa/

Verb

-dya (infinitive kudyá)

1. eat

   Synonym: -likira

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -dyera
  • Causative: -dyetsa
  • Negative: -sadya
  • Passive: -dyedwa
  • Reduplicative: -dyadya
  • Repetitive: -dyanso
  • Stative: -dyeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • chakudya (“food”)
  • chidyamchenga (“Buccochromis atritaeniatus”)
  • mdya (“eater”)
  • namadyabwino (“rich person”)
  • wakudya (“eater”)

See also

• -bwira (“to swallow dry things, to eat without chewing, to stuff one's mouth with”)
• -bwabwayira (“to eat without chewing”)
• -gwidika (“to eat without chewing”)
• -nyomphola (“to only eat a small amount of food because you're not hungry”)
• -nyong'olera (“to chew with great appetite”)
• -nyong'omera (“to swallow food, to ingest”)
• -nyangula (“to lick one's lips whilst eating”)

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford University Press, page 767

Old Spanish

Noun

dya m (plural dyas)

1. alternative spelling of dia

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-dyá (infinitive kudyá)

1. to eat

See also

• -vundunya (“to eat a large amount of anything”)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Univerbation of de +‎ ia, from English here. Compare Jamaican Creole ya.

Adverb

dya

1. here (in, on, or at this place)
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[3], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     a dea

     [A dya.]

     Here it is.

2. here, hither (to this place)
   • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎^[4], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, retrieved 20 March 2021:

     Odi mijn heer hoe fa joe tan gran tanki fo myn heer a komi ja^{[sic – meaning kom ija]} fo loeke da pranasie wan trom.

     [Odi mijnheer, fa yu tan? Grantangi fu mijnheer [taki] a kon dya fu luku a pranasi wan tron.]

     Good day, Sir, how are you? Many thanks to Sir, [that] he has come here to look at the plantation on this occasion.

Derived terms

• dyaso

Tsonga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

dya

1. to eat