tuya

See also: tuyá and túyā

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Translations

References

  1. ^ Mathews, William Henry (September 1947) “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 29 March 2024, pages 560-570
  2. ^ Russell, J.K., Edwards, B.R., Porritt, Lucy, Ryane, C. (1 March 2014) “Tuyas: a descriptive genetic classification”, in Quaternary Science Reviews‎[2], volume 87, Elsevier, →DOI, archived from the original on 28 December 2023, 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.”

Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

tuya

  1. feminine singular of tuyu

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tuyâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. insult
    Synonym: insulto

Derived terms

  • magtuya
  • tuya-tuya
  • tuyaon

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: tu‧ya

Etymology 1

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

Determiner

tuya f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuyo
Spanish possessive determiners
possessor preposed postposed or standalone
singular
possessee 		plural
possessee 		singular possessee plural possessee
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 tuyos tuyas
plural (same as postposed/standalone) vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
third person su sus suyo suya suyos suyas

Pronoun

tuya f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuyo
    Spanish possessive pronouns
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mío mía míos mías
Second person tuyo 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

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

Noun

tuya f (plural tuyas)

  1. (botany) (Thuja) thuja
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English tuya, from an Athabaskan language.

Noun

tuya f (plural tuyas)

  1. (geology) tuya

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈjaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈjaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: tu‧ya

Noun

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
Derived terms
  • manuya
  • mapanuya
  • nakatutuya
  • pagtutuyaan
  • pagtuya
  • pantuya
  • panunuya
  • panuya
  • tumuya
  • tuyaan
  • tuyain

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈja/ [t̪ʊˈja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: tu‧ya

Noun

tuyá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. Pouzolzia zeylanica (a type of nettle)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtujaʔ/ [ˈt̪uː.jɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ujaʔ
  • Syllabification: tu‧ya

Noun

tuyà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜌ)

  1. game using empty coconut shells

Anagrams

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic туя‍
Latin tuya‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tebe (“camel”). Cognate with Uyghur تۆگە (töge) and Turkish deve.

Noun

tuya (plural tuyalar)

  1. camel

Waray-Waray

Noun

tuya

  1. giant
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