jiya

Gun

Etymology

Most likely from Proto-Gbe *-ya (suffering)[1] or possibly from Yoruba jìyà (to suffer). Cognates include Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya. Compare Yoruba jìyà, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba jùyà, Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒì.jà/

Verb

jìyà

  1. to suffer
    Synonym: ɖù yà

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 223

Gurindji

Noun

jiya

  1. kangaroo

References

  • Patrick McConvell. 2009. Gurindji vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, Martin & Tadmor, Uri (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 1028entries. Available online at http://wold.clld.org/vocabulary/31. Accessed on 2022-05-03.

Japanese

Romanization

jiya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じや

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-jiya?

  1. (transitive) to thicken

Inflection

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From jẹ (to consume) +‎ ìyà (suffering). Cognates include Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà. Compare Gun jìyà, Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒì.jà/

Verb

jìyà

  1. to suffer

Derived terms

  • ìjìyà (suffering)