niya

See also: nîya, niyą́, níyá, and Niya

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈja/ [nɪˈjʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧ya

Noun

niyá f 

  1. wish, will

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ni‧ya
  • IPA(key): /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]

Pronoun

niyá

  1. his; her
  2. 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; she
    Ininom niya an tubig.
    S/he drank the water.

See also

Bikol Central personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang) Ergative (sa) Oblique (sa)
Length Full Short Full Short
First singular ako ko sakuya, sako, saako
plural inclusive kita nyato ta satuya, sato, saato
plural exclusive kami nyamo mi samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo
Second singular ika ka mo saimo, simo,kanimo
plural kamo nindo saindo, kaninyo, sainyo
Third singular siya, iya niya saiya, kaniya
plural sinda ninda sainda, kanila


Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *(ni-)iya, fromProto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.

Pronunciation

Determiner

níya

  1. (placed after noun) his; her
    Synonyms: (placed before noun) iya, iyaha

Pronoun

níya

  1. him; her

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
direct indirect (postposed) indirect (preposed) oblique
Length: full short1 full short2 base suffixed -a full short
singular first person akó ko nakò3 ko3 akò akoa kanakò nakò
second person ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
third person siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural first
person 		inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
second person kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
third person silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila

1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3 Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.


Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ni ia (“his; her”, 3sg. genitive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈja/ [niˈa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ni‧ya

Pronoun

niyá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜬ)

  1. by him/her
  2. of him/her
  3. his/her

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Japanese

Romanization

niya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にや

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a. Compare Malay -nya (“third person pronoun clitic”), Javanese -ꦤꦺ (-né, “third person pronoun clitic”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /niˈa/ [ˈn̪ja]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈnia/ [ˈn̪iː.ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: ni‧ya

Determiner

niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)

  1. his; her

Pronoun

niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)

  1. 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; his
    Ininom niya ang tubig./Ang tubig ay ininom niya.
    S/he drank the water.

Derived terms

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual1 kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita2
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
1 First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
2 Replaces ko ikaw.

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • “niya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “niya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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