miya
English
Etymology
Noun
miya (plural miyas or miya)
- 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.
Bura
Pronunciation
Noun
mìya
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Hausa
Noun
miyā̀ f (possessed form miyàr̃)
- a kind of sauce or stew made with various meats and vegetables, eaten alongside tuwo
Japanese
Romanization
miya
Kamba
Pronoun
miya
Wandala
Pronoun
míyà
- we (inclusive)
See also
- ŋre (“we”) (exclusive)
References
- Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (2012) “miya”, in A Grammar of Wandala, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN
Wanyi
Noun
miya
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)
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