Wiktionary

hoya

See also: Hoya

English

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Hoya bella
 hoya on Wikipedia
 Hoya on Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

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From the genus name.

Noun

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hoya (plural hoyas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Hoya

Translations

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plant of the genus Hoya — see waxflower

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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hoya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ホヤ

Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records kuhoiya as an equivalent of English pray in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kuvoiya as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation

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This o is pronounced long.[2]

Verb

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hoya (infinitive kũhoya)

  1. to ask for, to beg for[3][4][2]
    kũhoya ũhoro[2] ― to ask for information
    kũhoya ũhoro wa[2] ― to ask about
  2. to pray[3]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 46–47. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “hoya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 165. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  4. ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 198, 229, 241.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin fovea. Doublet of fóvea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃa/ [ˈo.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒa/ [ˈo.ʒa]

Noun

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hoya f (plural hoyas)

  1. pit
  2. grave
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Further reading

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Xhosa

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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-hoya?

  1. (transitive) to pay attention to

Inflection

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