miya

See also: Miya and miyã

English

Etymology

Japanese みや

Noun

miya (plural miyas or miya)

1. A Japanese shrine.
   • 1878, N. McLeod, Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan, page 52:

     In the great matsuris or religious festivals of the Jewish race the Samurais' wives and families may be seen holding these festivals at the miyas where the harlots worship and mixing freely in the crowd amongst them.

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Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mìjá]

Noun

mìya

1. mother

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Hausa

Noun

miyā̀ f (possessed form miyàr̃)

1. a kind of sauce or stew made with various meats and vegetables, eaten alongside tuwo

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Japanese

Romanization

miya

1. Rōmaji transcription of みや

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Kamba

Pronoun

miya

1. he or she

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Wandala

Pronoun

míyà

1. we (inclusive)

See also

• ŋre (“we”) (exclusive)

References

• Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (2012) “miya”, in A Grammar of Wandala, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN

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Wanyi

Noun

miya

1. snake

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)