waya

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See also: wāyā- and Waya

Aleut[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

waya

  1. (Western) right here
  2. (Western) now

References[edit]

Antillean Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English wire.

Noun[edit]

waya

  1. wire

Buli (Indonesia)[edit]

Noun[edit]

waya

  1. water

References[edit]

  • G. Maan, Proeve van een Bulische spraakkunst (1951) (as waja)

East Makian[edit]

Noun[edit]

waya

  1. water

References[edit]

  • C. L. Voorhoeve, The Makian Languages and Their Neighbours (1982) (as waya)
  • Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980) (as woya)

Lokono[edit]

Noun[edit]

waya

  1. clay

References[edit]

  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 257

Ma'ya[edit]

Noun[edit]

waya

  1. water

References[edit]

Swahili[edit]

waya

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from English wire.[1]

Noun[edit]

waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. wire (thin thread of metal)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic وِعَاء (wiʕāʔ).

Noun[edit]

waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. earthen baking dish

References[edit]

  1. ^ Petzell, Malin (2005) “Expanding the Swahili vocabulary”, in Africa & Asia‎[1], volume 5, archived from the original on 2009-11-29, page 92 of 85-107: “Waya ‘wire’ (class 14) is another case of morpheme substitution where the plural is nyaya ‘wires’ (class 10).”

Yámana[edit]

Noun[edit]

waya

  1. bay

Yoruba[edit]

Wáyà lálòjù.

Etymology[edit]

English wire.

Noun[edit]

wáyà

  1. wire, electrical cable

Derived terms[edit]

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