Malay
Etymology
Perhaps from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Italian nonna ( “ grandma ” ) or (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Portuguese dona ( “ lady ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -oɲə , -ɲə , -ə
Noun
nyonya
A female peranakan .
Swahili
Verb
-nyonya (infinitive kunyonya )
to suck ( to work the lips and tongue on )
to breastfeed
Conjugation
Conjugation of -nyonya
Positive present
-na nyonya
Subjunctive
-nyonye
Negative
-nyonyi
Imperative singular
nyonya
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hunyonya
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li nyonya
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku nyonya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na nyonya)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nanyonya/na nyonya
tu nanyonya
2nd person
u nanyonya
m nanyonya
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nanyonya
wa nanyonya
other classes
positive subject concord + -na nyonya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nyonyi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si nyonyi
hatu nyonyi
2nd person
hu nyonyi
ham nyonyi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha nyonyi
hawa nyonyi
other classes
negative subject concord + -nyonyi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta nyonya
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta nyonya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nyonye )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nyonye
tu nyonye
2nd person
u nyonye
m nyonye
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nyonye
wa nyonye
other classes
positive subject concord + -nyonye
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si nyonye
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge nyonya
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe nyonya
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali nyonya
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali nyonya
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me nyonya
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha nyonya
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja nyonya
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki nyonya
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo nyonya
Consecutive
kanyonya / positive subject concord + -ka nyonya
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka nyonye
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms