miya

See also: Miya and miyã

English

Etymology

From Japanese 宮(みや) (miya).

Noun

miya (plural miyas or miya)

1. (obsolete) A Japanese shrine.
   • 1878, N. McLeod, Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan, page 52:

     In the great matsuris or religious festivals […] the Samurais' wives and families may be seen holding these festivals at the miyas where the harlots worship and mixing freely in the crowd amongst them.

Anagrams

• IYAM, Yima

Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mìjá]

Noun

mìya

1. mother

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• miha

Verb

miya (active)

1. to say about oneself
2. to mean
3. they say (used at the end of phrases when telling traditional accounts/stories)

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	miyali miya-li	iimiya / iliimiya / liimiya ii-miya / ilii-miya / lii-miya	iloomiya iloo-miya
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishmiya ish-miya	hashmiya hash-miya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	miya	(hoo)miya (hoo-)miya

Hausa

Tuwon shinkafa da miyar taushe. (Rice porridge with sorrel stew.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mí.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mɪ́.jàː]

Noun

miyā̀ f (possessed form miyàr̃)

1. a kind of sauce or stew made with various meats and vegetables, eaten alongside tuwo

Japanese

Romanization

miya

1. Rōmaji transcription of みや

Kamba

Pronoun

miya

1. he or she

Masbatenyo

Noun

miyà

1. cat

Surigaonon

Noun

miyá

1. cat

Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pontic Greek μυία (myía).

Noun

miya

1. (dialect, Rize) small fly (animal)

   Synonym: kör sinek

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adjective

miya

1. (dialect, Çorum) lazy

References

“miya”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Wandala

Pronoun

míyà

1. we (inclusive)

See also

• ŋre (“we”) (exclusive)

References

• Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (2012), “miya”, in A Grammar of Wandala, De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN

Wanyi

Noun

miya

1. snake

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)