jiya
Gun[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Most likely from Proto-Gbe *-ya (“suffering”) or possibly from Yoruba jìyà (“to suffer”). Cognates include Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya. Compare Yoruba jìyà, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba jùyà, Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
jìyà
Gurindji[edit]
Noun[edit]
jiya
References[edit]
- Patrick McConvell. 2009. Gurindji vocabulary.
In: Haspelmath, Martin & Tadmor, Uri (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 1028entries. (Available online at http://wold.clld.org/vocabulary/31, Accessed on 2022-05-03.)
Xhosa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Verb[edit]
-jiya?
- (transitive) to thicken
Inflection[edit]
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Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From jẹ (“to consume”) + ìyà (“suffering”). Cognates include Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà. Compare Gun jìyà, Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
jìyà
- to suffer
Derived terms[edit]
- ìjìyà (“suffering”)
- Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms borrowed from Yoruba
- Gun terms derived from Yoruba
- Gun terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gun lemmas
- Gun verbs
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- Gurindji nouns
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- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa verbs
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- Yoruba compound terms
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba verbs