mayal

Dharug

Etymology

From may (“eye”), pertaining to sight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majal/, /mijal/

Noun

mayal

1. stranger, foreigner

Descendants

• → English: myall

References

• Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], The Sydney Language‎^[1], 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 30

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝal/ [maˈʝal]

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝal/ [maˈʝal] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /maˈʃal/ [maˈʃal] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maˈʒal/ [maˈʒal] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧yal

Noun

mayal m (plural mayales)

1. flail

Further reading

• “mayal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024