waya

See also: wāyā- and Waya

Aleut

Pronunciation
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈwaja/

Adverb

waya

  1. (Western) right here
  2. (Western) now

References

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From English wire.

Noun

waya

  1. wire

Buli (Indonesia)

Noun

waya

  1. water

References
  • G. Maan, Proeve van een Bulische spraakkunst (1951) (as waja)

East Makian

Noun

waya

  1. water

References
  • C. L. Voorhoeve, The Makian Languages and Their Neighbours (1982) (as waya)
  • Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980) (as woya)

Lokono

Noun

waya

  1. clay

References
  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 257

Ma'ya

Noun

waya

  1. water

References

Swahili
waya

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English wire.[1]

Noun

waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. wire (thin thread of metal)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic وِعَاء (wiʕāʔ).

Noun

waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. earthen baking dish

References
  1. Petzell, Malin (2005) “Expanding the Swahili vocabulary”, in Africa & Asia‎, volume 5, archived from the original on 2009-11-29, page 92 of 85-107: “Waya ‘wire’ (class 14) is another case of morpheme substitution where the plural is nyaya ‘wires’ (class 10).”

Yámana

Noun

waya

  1. bay

Yoruba
Wáyà lálòjù.

Etymology

English wire.

Noun

wáyà

  1. wire, electrical cable

Derived terms
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