niya

See also: nîya, niyą́, níyá, and Niya

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈja/ [nɪˈjʌ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧ya

Noun

niyá f

1. wish, will

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• nija — Bohol
• nya

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧ya
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈnija/ [ˈn̪i.jɐ]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈnid͡ʒa/ [ˈn̪i.d͡ʒɐ]

Determiner

níya

1. (placed after noun) his; her

   Synonyms: (placed before noun) iya, iyaha

Pronoun

níya

1. him; her

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

			direct		indirect (postposed)		indirect (preposed)		oblique
	Length:		full	short1	full	short2	base	suffixed -a	full	short
singular	first person		akó	ko	nakò3	ko3	akò	akoa	kanakò	nakò
	second person		ikáw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	imoha	kanimo	nimo
	third person		siyá		niya		iya	iyaha	kaniya	niya
plural	first person	inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atoa	kanatò	natò
		exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amoa	kanamò	namò
	second person		kamó	mo	ninyo		inyo	inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
	third person		silá		nila		ila	ilaha	kanila	nila

¹ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
² Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
³ Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• nya, nia

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧ya
• IPA^(key): /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]

Pronoun

niyá

1. his; her
2. 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; she

   Ininom niya an tubig.

   S/he drank the water.

See also

Central Bikol personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute		Ergative		Oblique
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short
First	singular	ako		ko		sakuya, sako
	plural inclusive	kita		nyato	ta	satuya, sato
	plural exclusive	kami		nyamo	mi	samuya, samo
Second	singular	ika	ka	mo		saimo, simo
	plural	kamo		nindo		saindo
Third	singular	siya		niya		saiya
	plural	sinda		ninda		sainda

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ni ia (“his; her”, 3sg. genitive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈja/ [niˈa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ni‧ya

Pronoun

niyá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜬ)

1. by him/her
2. of him/her
3. his/her

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct	Indirect	Oblique
First	singular	ako	niko	kangko, kang
	plural inclusive	kita	nita	kanta
	plural exclusive	kami	nimi	kanmi
Second	singular	kawo, ka	nimo	kanmo
	plural	kamo	niyo	kanyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kanya
	plural	sida	nida	kanda

• kay
• ni

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Japanese

Romanization

niya

1. Rōmaji transcription of にや

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• nya — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a. Compare Malay -nya (“third person pronoun clitic”), Javanese -ꦤꦺ (-né, “third person pronoun clitic”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /niˈa/ [ˈn̪ja]
  • Rhymes: -a
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈnia/ [ˈn̪iː.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ni‧ya

Determiner

niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)

1. his; her

Pronoun

niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)

1. 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; his

   Ininom niya ang tubig./Ang tubig ay ininom niya.

   S/he drank the water.

Derived terms

• aniya

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
First	singular	ako	ko	akin
	dual1	kita, kata	nita, nata, ta	kanita, kanata, ata
	plural inclusive	tayo	natin	atin
	plural exclusive	kami	namin	amin
First & Second	singular	kita2
Second	singular	ikaw, ka	mo	iyo
	plural	kayo, kamo	ninyo, niyo	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila

¹ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
² Replaces ko ikaw.

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• “niya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “niya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• iyan, inay