Wiktionary

waya

See also: wāyā- and Waya

Aleut edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

waya

  1. (Western) right here
  2. (Western) now

References edit

Antillean Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English wire.

Noun edit

waya

  1. wire

Buli (Indonesia) edit

Noun edit

waya

  1. water

References edit

  • G. Maan, Proeve van een Bulische spraakkunst (1951) (as waja)

East Makian edit

Noun edit

waya

  1. water

References edit

  • C. L. Voorhoeve, The Makian Languages and Their Neighbours (1982) (as waya)
  • Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980) (as woya)

Lokono edit

Noun edit

waya

  1. clay

References edit

  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 257

Ma'ya edit

Noun edit

waya

  1. water

References edit

Swahili edit

 
waya

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1 edit

 
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from English wire.[1]

Noun edit

waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. wire (thin thread of metal)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic وِعَاء (wiʕāʔ).

Noun edit

waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. earthen baking dish

References edit

  1. ^ Petzell, Malin (2005) “Expanding the Swahili vocabulary”, in Africa & Asia‎[1], volume 5, archived from the original on 2009-11-29, page 92 of 85-107: “Waya ‘wire’ (class 14) is another case of morpheme substitution where the plural is nyaya ‘wires’ (class 10).”

Yámana edit

Noun edit

waya

  1. bay

Yoruba edit

 
Wáyà lálòjù.

Etymology edit

English wire.

Noun edit

wáyà

  1. wire, electrical cable

Derived terms edit

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