nyao
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃお (nyao, “meow, miaow”).
Interjection edit
nyao
- (chiefly anime and manga fandom) The cry of a cat.
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Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-North Halmahera *nawok (fish).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyao (Jawi ڽاو)
- a fish
References edit
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh