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koya

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See also: Kōya, køya, and Koya

Chungli Ao

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ku˩.ja˧/, [ku˩.ja˧]

Noun

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koya

  1. rat, mouse

Further reading

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  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 26
  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 141
  • Clark, E. W. (1911), “QEYA”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

Fijian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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koya

  1. he, she, it (3rd person singular subject pronoun)
    E a cakava vakai koya.
    S/he did it by themselves.
  2. him, her, it (3rd person singular object pronoun)
    Au sa raici koya.
    I see him/her/it.

Usage notes

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  • When used as a subject pronoun, it typically takes the form ko koya (with the preceding particle ko added):
    Ko koya e taleitaka na yaqona.
    S/he likes kava.

Determiner

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koyā

  1. that, that one (that over there)
    Raica koya na vale levu.
    Look at that big house over there.

Interjection

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koya

  1. that's it!, that's right!
    Koya gona!
    That's it, just as I was saying!

Derived terms

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  • koyakoya (“unchanged, same as before”)

See also

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Fijian personal pronouns
singular dual paucal plural
1st person au keirau (exclusive)
kedaru (inclusive)
keitou (exclusive)
kedatou (inclusive)
keimami (exclusive)
keda (inclusive)
2nd person ko (subject)
iko (object)
kemudrau kemudou kemuni
3rd person ko koya (subject)
koya (subject/object)
rau iratou ira

References

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  • Gatty, Ronald (2009), “koya”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[3], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 125

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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koya (plural koya-koya)

  1. (cooking) a mixture of crushed prawn crackers, grated coconut, garlic, etc., usually sprinkled on top of soto, used as a flavoring
    Synonym: poya

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese koya, koyah (“a kind of Chinese cake”).

Noun

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koya (plural koya-koya)

  1. (cooking) a popular traditional kue kering (dry traditional cookie) made of sweet white-colored mung bean powder that crumbles when bitten

Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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koya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こや

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá) as per Chan-Yap (1980)[1] with an older obsolete form of the diminutive suffix[2][3] which historically was a weak form of 囝 (kiáⁿ). Cognates with Tagalog kuya and Cebuano kuya.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkojə/ [ˈkoː.jə]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ya

Noun

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kóya

  1. an elder brother
  2. a respectful title or form of address for an older man
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References

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  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
  2. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 344/366; republished as Fabio Yuchung Lee (李毓中), Chen Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), Regalado Trota José, José Luis Caño Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
  3. ^ Medhurst, Walter Henry (1832), “Yëá 仔”, in A Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese Language, According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing About 12,000 Characters, (overall work in Hokkien and English), Macao: The Honorable East India Company's Press by G. J. Steyn and Brother, page 736

Rayón Zoque

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Noun

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koya

  1. tomatillo

Derived terms

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References

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  • Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984), Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[4] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 14

Turkish

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Noun

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koya

  1. dative singular of koy