kya

See also: kyã

Translingual

Symbol

kya

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kwaya terms

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, k- (“kilo, thousand”) +‎ ya (“years ago”), or, by surface analysis, ky (“kiloyears”) +‎ a (“ago”).

Symbol

kya

2. Symbol for kiloyears ago: thousand years ago.

   Alternative form: KYA

   Coordinate terms: mya, gya

Anagrams

• 'kay, Kay, kay, yak

Japanese

Romanization

kya

1. The hiragana syllable きゃ (kya) or the katakana syllable キャ (kya) in Hepburn romanization.

Lotha Naga

Etymology

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Verb

kya

1. to weep

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 160