rya

See also: RYA

English

Hand-made Finnish rya rug, 1936

Etymology

From Swedish rya (thick cloth).

Noun

rya (plural ryas)

  1. A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
    • 2008, Kirsti Salo-Mattila, “Chapter 12: Transformations in the Art of Rya Making”, in Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, editor, Reinventing Art of Everyday Making, Peter Lang, page 217:
      People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists.

Translations

Anagrams

Herero

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

rya

  1. to eat

Japanese

Romanization

rya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りゃ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of リャ

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-ryá (infinitive kuryá, perfective -rîye)

  1. to eat

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

rya c

  1. rya
  2. (dated) Alternative form of ryd (forest clearing).

Declension

Declension of rya 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rya ryan ryor ryorna
Genitive ryas ryans ryors ryornas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: rya
  • Finnish: ryijy

References

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