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waya

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See also: wāyā- and Waya

Aleut

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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waya (Western)

  1. right here
  2. now

References

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Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From English wire.

Noun

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waya

  1. wire

Buli (Indonesia)

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Noun

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waya

  1. water

References

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

East Makian

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Noun

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waya

  1. water

References

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  • 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

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Noun

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waya

  1. clay

References

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  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 257

Ma'ya

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Noun

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waya

  1. water

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Swahili

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waya

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from English wire.[1]

Noun

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waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. wire (thin thread of metal)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic وِعَاء (wiʕāʔ).

Noun

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waya (n class, plural nyaya)

  1. earthen baking dish

References

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  1. ^ Petzell, Malin (2005) “Expanding the Swahili vocabulary”, in Africa & Asia‎[1], volume 5, →ISSN, 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

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Noun

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waya

  1. bay

Yoruba

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Wáyà lálòjù.

Etymology

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English wire.

Noun

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wáyà

  1. wire, electrical cable

Derived terms

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