kaya

See also: Kaya, kāya, and ka'ya

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).

Noun

kaya (plural kayas)

1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

Etymology 2

From Malay kaya, from kaya (“rich”).

Noun

kaya (uncountable)

1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 125:

     So they ate sliced Chinese white bread [...] spread thickly with sweet brown kaya.

Anagrams

• Yaka

Aguaruna

Noun

kaya

1. stone

Antillean Creole

Noun

kaya

1. marijuana

Fijian

Verb

kaya

1. to answer, to respond

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.ja]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Etymology 1

From Malay kaya (“rich”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya, from Proto-Austronesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Cognate of Tagalog kaya, especially Tagalog may-kaya.

Adjective

kaya

1. rich, wealthy.
2. (figurative) powerful.

Derived terms

• diperkaya
• kekayaan
• memperkaya
• mengayakan
• pengayaan
• terkaya

 

Etymology 2

Adverb

kaya

1. Alternative spelling of kayak (“like, similar”)

Further reading

• “kaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

kaya

1. Rōmaji transcription of カヤ

Javanese

Adverb

kaya (krama kados)

1. like, such as

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• caya (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)
• keya
• queya (Súlat Bacúlud)

Etymology

From ka +‎ ya.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /kəˈja/, [kəˈjä]
• IPA^(key): /kəˈjaʔ/, [kəˈjäʔ] (obsolete)

Determiner

kaya

1. his; her
2. (colloquial) its

Pronoun

kaya

1. his; her; hers
   • 1617, Francisco Coronel, Arte y reglas de la lengua Pampanga:

     Queta o carin queyá?

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. (colloquial) it

Adverb

kaya

1. expression to indicate a uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder

   Mangapakananu kaya?

   I wonder what could have happened?

2. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty

   Saling laman o kaya asan bakanitang ipanapunan.

   Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.

3. (informal) expression for emphasis

   Paneng manisip matsura. Tuknangan mu kaya.

   You always think something bad. just stop it, indeed!

See also

• kana
• kanu
• kayi

 

Ladino

Interjection

kaya

1. Be quiet! shut up!

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya, from Proto-Austronesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Cognate of Tagalog kaya, especially Tagalog may-kaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaja/
• Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a

Adjective

kaya (Jawi spelling کاي‎ or کايا‎)

1. rich, wealthy

   Keluarga kaya ― Rich family

2. (figurative) powerful

   Tuhan yang Maha Kaya ― Almighty God

Derived terms

• dikayakan
• diperkaya
• kaya raya
• kekayaan
• memperkaya
• mengayakan
• pengayaan
• sekaya
• seri kaya
• terkaya

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: kaya
• → Min Nan: 奎維／奎维 (khe-ûi)

Noun

kaya (plural kaya-kaya, informal 1st possessive kayaku, 2nd possessive kayamu, 3rd possessive kayanya)

1. seri kaya, a custard sweet spread made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar.

Further reading

• “kaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Alternative forms

kaia (in Minang dialect)

Interjection

kaya

1. hello

Particle

kaya

1. yes

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish calle.

Noun

kaya

1. street, road

Quechua

Adverb

kaya

1. tomorrow
2. the next day

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

kaya (n class, plural kaya)

1. village
2. household, homestead

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Compare Malay kaya (“wealth; power”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaja/, [ˈka.jɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja, -a

Noun

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. ability; capability; competence
2. means; resources; wealth; wherewithal

Derived terms

• bigay-kaya
• kakayahan
• kawalang-kaya
• kayahin (kayanin)
• makaya
• may-kaya
• ubos-kaya

 

Adjective

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. able to do; capable to do

   Kaya natin ito!

   We can do this!

Adverb

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. ably; in an able manner

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• kaya't
• kung kaya
• kanya

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /kaˈjaʔ/, [kɐˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Conjunction

kayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. so; therefore; hence

   Synonyms: dahil doon, dahil diyan, sa gayon

   Marami siyang ginawang trabaho, kaya pag-uwi niya'y nakatulog siya agad.

   He'd done a lot of work, so as soon as he got home, he fell asleep instantly.

2. as a result; consequently

   Synonyms: samakatwid, anupa't

Adverb

kayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. expression to indicate a uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder

   Ano kaya ang nangyari?

   What could have happened?

2. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty

   Bumili ka ng karne o kaya ay isda para sa hapunan natin.

   Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.

3. (informal) expression for emphasis

   Lagi mong iniisip na pangit ka. Maganda ka kaya.

   You always think you're ugly. You're very pretty, indeed!

See also

• kaya lang
• kaya nga
• kaya pala
• naman

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈkajaʔ/, [ˈka.jɐʔ]

Noun

kayà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. (archaic) any hunting equipment
2. (archaic) act of hunting for crocodiles in the river or for a man hiding in the mountain.

Further reading

• “kaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Tsonga

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu ikhaya.

Noun

kaya class 5 (plural makaya class 6)

1. home

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قیا‎ (kaya), قایا‎ (kaya, “rock”), from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, mountain”). Possibly akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) (Mongolian хад (xad, “large rock, cliff”)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”) (Evenki кадага (kadaga, “rock, cliff”)), (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) however Old Turkic -y- instead of the expected -d- is baffling, EDAL suggests Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, “rock”) is perhaps a borrowing from some archaic "y-dialect" such as Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak languages where regular d→δ→y evolution took place. Helimski (1995) suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (“mountain”).

cognates

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, “rock”), Azerbaijani qaya (“rock”), Bashkir ҡая (qaya, “rock, cliff”), Khakas хая (xaya, “rock”), Turkmen gaýa (“rock, cliff”), Tuvan хая (xaya, “rock”), Uzbek qoya (“rock, cliff”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈja]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Noun

kaya (definite accusative kayayı, plural kayalar)

1. huge rock; large rock mass
2. rock cliff, rock precipice, palisade

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kaya
Definite accusative	kayayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kaya	kayalar
Definite accusative	kayayı	kayaları
Dative	kayaya	kayalara
Locative	kayada	kayalarda
Ablative	kayadan	kayalardan
Genitive	kayanın	kayaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kayam kayalarım 2nd singular kayan kayaların 3rd singular kayası kayaları 1st plural kayamız kayalarımız 2nd plural kayanız kayalarınız 3rd plural kayaları kayaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kayamı kayalarımı 2nd singular kayanı kayalarını 3rd singular kayasını kayalarını 1st plural kayamızı kayalarımızı 2nd plural kayanızı kayalarınızı 3rd plural kayalarını kayalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kayama kayalarıma 2nd singular kayana kayalarına 3rd singular kayasına kayalarına 1st plural kayamıza kayalarımıza 2nd plural kayanıza kayalarınıza 3rd plural kayalarına kayalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kayamda kayalarımda 2nd singular kayanda kayalarında 3rd singular kayasında kayalarında 1st plural kayamızda kayalarımızda 2nd plural kayanızda kayalarınızda 3rd plural kayalarında kayalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kayamdan kayalarımdan 2nd singular kayandan kayalarından 3rd singular kayasından kayalarından 1st plural kayamızdan kayalarımızdan 2nd plural kayanızdan kayalarınızdan 3rd plural kayalarından kayalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kayamın kayalarımın 2nd singular kayanın kayalarının 3rd singular kayasının kayalarının 1st plural kayamızın kayalarımızın 2nd plural kayanızın kayalarınızın 3rd plural kayalarının kayalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kayayım kayalarım 2nd singular kayasın kayalarsın 3rd singular kaya kayadır kayalar kayalardır 1st plural kayayız kayalarız 2nd plural kayasınız kayalarsınız 3rd plural kayalar kayalardır

Derived terms

• kaya balığı
• kaya tuzu
• kayaç
• kayalık