omeya

Kwanyama

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màdìbà.

Noun

omeya (needs class)

1. water

Ndonga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màdìbà.

Noun

omeya

1. water

Derived terms

• okatembameya (“boat”)
• meyaleka (“to condense, to liquify”)
• omameya (“much water, a lot of water”)
• omashambekelomeya (“catchment area of water”)
• omeya gaNandjandja (“sea”)
• uumeya (“little water”)

See also

• oshivongolela (“muddy water”)

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Arabic أُمَيَّة (ʔumayya).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈmeʝa/ [oˈme.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /oˈmeʝa/ [oˈme.ʝa] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /oˈmeʃa/ [oˈme.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /oˈmeʒa/ [oˈme.ʒa] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /oˈmea/ [oˈme.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Syllabification: o‧me‧ya

Noun

omeya m (plural omeyas)

1. Umayyad

Adjective

omeya m or f (masculine and feminine plural omeyas)

1. Umayyad

Further reading

• “omeya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025