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tuya

See also: túyā

English

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Etymology

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Coined by Canadian volcanologist Bill Matthews in 1947. Named after Tuya Butte, in British Columbia.[1][2]

Noun

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tuya (plural tuyas)

  1. (geology) Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting primarily of a mound of pyroclastic palagonitic tuff, lava delta hyaloclastites, and pillow lavas erupted subaqueously in an englacial lake, capped by a resistant layer of subaerially-emplaced lava.
    Hypernyms: table mountain, mesa, butte
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References

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  1. ^ Mathews, William Henry (1947 September) “Tuyas, Flat-Topped Volcanoes in Northern British Columbia”, in American Journal of Science‎[1], volume 245, number 9, American Journal of Science, →DOI, archived from the original on 2024-03-29, pages 560-570
  2. ^ Russell, J.K., Edwards, B.R., Porritt, Lucy, Ryane, C. (2014 March 1) “Tuyas: a descriptive genetic classification”, in Quaternary Science Reviews‎[2], volume 87, Elsevier, →DOI, archived from the original on 2023-12-28, page 72: “[Matthews] proposed the term 'tuya' for these flat-topped, steep sided volcanoes after a local aboriginal term used to name several local geographic features.”

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Asturian

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Adjective

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tuya

  1. feminine singular of tuyu

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tuˈjaʔ/ [tuˈjaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ya

Noun

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tuyâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. insult
    Synonym: insulto

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtuʝa/ [ˈt̪u.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtuʃa/ [ˈt̪u.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtuʒa/ [ˈt̪u.ʒa]

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: tu‧ya

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin tua, singular feminine form of tuus (“your”).

Determiner

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tuya f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuyo
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    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

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tuya f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuyo
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    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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from New Latin thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία (thuía), an African tree that was formerly included in the genus.

Noun

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tuya f (plural tuyas)

  1. (botany) (Thuja) thuja
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English tuya, from an Athabaskan language.

Noun

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tuya f (plural tuyas)

  1. (geology) tuya

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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tuyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. sarcastic remark; taunt; mockery; jeer
    Synonyms: aglahi, pag-aglahi, pang-aaghali, libak, uyam, uyaw, pag-uyam, pang-uuyam, kutya, pagkutya, pangungutya, atsoy, uroy, wakya
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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tuyá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. Pouzolzia zeylanica (a type of nettle)

Etymology 3

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tuyà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. game using empty coconut shells

Uzbek

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Other scripts
Cyrillic туя (tuya)‍
Latin tuya‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *debe (“camel”). Cognate with Uyghur تۆگە‎ (töge‎) and Turkish deve.

Noun

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tuya (plural tuyalar)

  1. camel

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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tuya

  1. giant
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