Raya

See also: raya, rayá, raỹa, raþa, and -raya

English

Proper noun

Raya (plural Rayas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Raya is the 4894^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7198 individuals. Raya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.05%) individuals.

Noun

Raya (plural Rayas)

1. (Malaysia, informal) Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri., Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.

   I will be back home for Raya.

   Raya traffic jams, Raya makeover

Anagrams

• Arya, Yara, yaar

Indonesian

Proper noun

Raya

1. a female given name from Malay

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaja/

Adjective

Raya

1. big, large, great

   Raya mata ni sunis.

   The child's eyes are big.

   Raya ya bettu a yau uzusa.

   Those two big stones.

2. fat (trunk of the body)
3. strong (as wind)
4. plenty; large in amount

   Raya iku ti, qawia ti muwaza kelisiw ku.

   I'll have plenty of money when I grow up.

Derived terms

• mapqaRaya (“to foster, to bring up”)
• paqRaya (“to support to grow up”)
• qabuRayanan (“to proliferate; to prosper”)
• qaRaya (“to grow”)
• qanaRaya (“size”)
• qnaRayan (“How big?”)
• RabRayan (“to proliferate”)
• RaRaya (“rough; course; to grow”)
• saRayRaya (“to boast; ambitious”)
• smuRaya (“thumb; toe”)

References

• Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎^[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Malay

Proper noun

Raya

1. a female given name from Malay

Noun

Raya (plural Raya-Raya, informal 1st possessive Rayaku, 2nd possessive Rayamu, 3rd possessive Rayanya)

1. (Malaysia, informal) Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri., Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
2. (Malaysia, informal) any important celebratory occasion of a similar scale

   Raya Haji: Eid al-Adha

   Raya Cina: Chinese New Year

Derived terms

• duit raya (“money given as a gift for Eid al-Fitr”)

See also

• raya