suya

English

Suya takeaway

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa suya.

Noun

suya (plural suyas)

1. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.
   • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 186:

     Elizabeth started eating her suya, her eyes on my face.

Anagrams

• Yaus, ayus, suay

Asturian

Adjective

suya

1. feminine singular of suyu

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 衰啊 (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsujaʔ/, [ˈsu.jaʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧ya

Adjective

suyà (plural suruya, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

1. annoyed; irritated;

   Synonym: uyam

2. contemptuous

   Synonym: sugrot

3. exasperated; vexed

   Synonym: bangit

4. bored; fed up

   Synonyms: sawa, umoy

5. irksome; irked

   Synonym: simpil

6. disgusted (for food)

   Synonyms: baldi, sikmol

Derived terms

• kasuyaan
• makasuya
• masuya
• pagkasuya
• pasuya

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien 衰啊 (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsujaʔ/, [ˈs̪u.jʌʔ]

Verb

suyà (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

1. to envy; to begrudge

   Synonym: igi

2. to resent

   Synonyms: agrabyo, ligutgot

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)

1. suya (kebab)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -uʝa
• Syllabification: su‧ya

Determiner

suya f sg

1. feminine singular of suyo

Related terms

    Spanish possessive determiners

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Pronoun

suya f sg

1. feminine singular of suyo

Related terms

    Spanish possessive pronouns

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	mío	mía	míos	mías
		Second person	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
		Third person	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas
	plural	First person	nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
		Second person	vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
		Third person	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 衰啊 (soe--a!, “how unlucky!”). Compare Bikol Central suya and Cebuano suya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsujaʔ/, [ˈsu.jɐʔ] (noun)

• IPA^(key): /suˈjaʔ/, [sʊˈjaʔ] (adjective)
• Hyphenation: su‧ya

Noun

suyà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

1. surfeit; condition of being fed to satiety or excess

   Synonyms: sawa, pagkasawa, tusing, pagkatusing, suklam

2. annoyance; condition of being fed up

   Synonyms: yamot, pagkayamot, inis, pagkainis, susot, bagot

Derived terms

• kasuyaan
• kinasusuyaan
• makasuya
• masuya
• nakasusuya
• pagkasuya
• suyang-suya

 

Adjective

suyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

1. fed to satiety or excess

   Synonym: sawa

2. fed up; annoyed; disgusted

   Synonyms: inis, yamot, naiinis, nayayamot

Further reading

• “suya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

Súyà pẹ̀lú ègé àlùbọ́sà

Etymology

From Hausa sūyā̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sú.jà/

Noun

súyà

1. suya