zuriya

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذُرِّيَّة (ḏurriyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zù.rí.jàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [zɪ̀.rɪ́.jàː]

Noun

zùr̃iyā̀ f (plural zur̃iyōyī, possessed form zùr̃iyàr̃)

  1. progeny, descendant

Murui Huitoto

zuriya
Root Classifier
zuriya- —

Etymology

From zuri- (“to sing badly”) +‎ -ya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈθuɾid͡ʒa]
  • Hyphenation: zu‧ri‧ya

Noun

zuriya (uncountable)

  1. (by birds) bad singing
  2. (by birds) bad omen

Declension

Declension of zuriya
singular plural
absolutive zuriya —
nominative zuriyadɨ —
accusative zuriyana —
dative/locative zuriyamo —
ablative zuriyamona —
instrumental zuriyado —
causal zuriyari —
privative zuriyanino —

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 514
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