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See also: Aya, AYA, ayá, áya, āya, ayą́, aþa, and Ay'a

English

Etymology 1

Noun

aya (plural ayas)

  1. Alternative form of ayah

Etymology 2

Adverb

aya (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialect, New England) Yes; yea; aye.
    • 1938, Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts, Coward-McCann and Samuel French, published 1965, →ISBN:
      “The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”
    • 2001, David McCullough, John Adams, Simon & Schuster, published 2001, →ISBN:
      “And for all her reading, her remarkable knowledge of English poetry and literature, she was never to lose certain countrified Yankee patterns of speech, saying 'Canady' for Canada, as an example, using 'set' for sit, or the old New England 'aya,' for yes.”

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *āja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aya (definite accusative ayanı, plural ayalar)

  1. (Chambarak) palm of the hand
    Synonyms: ovuc, kəfə

Declension

    Declension of aya
singular plural
nominative aya
 ayalar
definite accusative ayanı
 ayaları
dative ayaya
 ayalara
locative ayada
 ayalarda
ablative ayadan
 ayalardan
definite genitive ayanın
 ayaların
    Possessive forms of aya
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ayam ayalarım
sənin (“your”) ayan ayaların
onun (“his/her/its”) ayası ayaları
bizim (“our”) ayamız ayalarımız
sizin (“your”) ayanız ayalarınız
onların (“their”) ayası or ayaları ayaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ayamı ayalarımı
sənin (“your”) ayanı ayalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) ayasını ayalarını
bizim (“our”) ayamızı ayalarımızı
sizin (“your”) ayanızı ayalarınızı
onların (“their”) ayasını or ayalarını ayalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ayama ayalarıma
sənin (“your”) ayana ayalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) ayasına ayalarına
bizim (“our”) ayamıza ayalarımıza
sizin (“your”) ayanıza ayalarınıza
onların (“their”) ayasına or ayalarına ayalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ayamda ayalarımda
sənin (“your”) ayanda ayalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) ayasında ayalarında
bizim (“our”) ayamızda ayalarımızda
sizin (“your”) ayanızda ayalarınızda
onların (“their”) ayasında or ayalarında ayalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ayamdan ayalarımdan
sənin (“your”) ayandan ayalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) ayasından ayalarından
bizim (“our”) ayamızdan ayalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) ayanızdan ayalarınızdan
onların (“their”) ayasından or ayalarından ayalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ayamın ayalarımın
sənin (“your”) ayanın ayalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) ayasının ayalarının
bizim (“our”) ayamızın ayalarımızın
sizin (“your”) ayanızın ayalarınızın
onların (“their”) ayasının or ayalarının ayalarının

References

  1. ^ Bədəlova, Almaz (2023) “aya”, in Qərbi Azərbaycan şivələri lüğəti [Dictionary of "Western Azerbaijan" Dialects] (in Azerbaijani), Ankara: İKSAD, →ISBN, page 26

Further reading

  • “aya” in Obastan.com.

Biak

Pronoun

aya

  1. first person singular pronoun, I

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *aya.

Pronunciation

Verb

aya (active and stative)

  1. (intransitive) to go (I)
  2. (transitive) to go (somewhere) (I;3)
  3. (intransitive) to go to the bathroom, defecate (I)
  4. (intransitive) to walk (in baseball) (I)
  5. (auxiliary, preceded by II or III subject prefix) to get

Usage notes

  • Replaced by iyya with Class I subject prefixes (aya used with Class I subject suffix -li).
  • Replaced by ayya with Class III or N prefixes.
  • The auxiliary is more common in the negative than the affirmative.

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a vowel. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) ayali
aya-li		 iliyya
il-iyya		 ilooiyya
iloo-iyya
2nd-person (you, you all) ishiyya
ish-iyya		 hashiyya
hash-iyya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) iyya
 (hoo)iyya
(hoo-)iyya
Class III Verb Subjects (Stative)
Verbs in vowel-, b-, or p- Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) amayya
am-ayya		 pomayya
pom-ayya		 hapomayya
hapom-ayya
2nd-person (you, you all) chimayya
chim-ayya		 hachimayya
hachim-ayya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) imayya
im-ayya
Class N Verb Subjects (Negative)
Verbs starting with a vowel. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) akayyo
ak-ayy-o		 kilayyo
kil-ayy-o		 kilooayyo
kiloo-ayy-o
2nd-person (you, you all) chikayyo
chik-ayy-o		 hachikayyo
hachik-ayy-o
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) ikayyo
ik-ayy-o		 ik(hoo)ayyo
ik-(hoo-)ayy-o

Descendants

  • Mobilian: aya

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

aya

  1. not yet

Ewe

Noun

aya

  1. wind

Hausa

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Noun

āyā̀ f (plural āyōyī, possessed form āyàr̃)

  1. verse (usually of the Qur'an)
  2. punctuation mark
  3. pause

Etymology 2

Noun

ayā f (possessed form ayar̃)

  1. tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) (a plant)
  2. tiger nut (a fruit)

Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

aya

  1. uncle (parent's brother)

Iraqw

Noun

aya m (plural ayeemoo n)

  1. village, land, country, neighborhood

References

  • Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9

Japanese

Romanization

aya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あや

Jumaytepeque

Noun

aya

  1. woman, female

References

  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Kurudu

Pronoun

aya

  1. first person singular pronoun, I

Laz

Pronoun

aya

  1. Latin spelling of აჲა (aya)

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

aya (Jawi spelling ايا, plural aya-aya, informal 1st possessive ayaku, 2nd possessive ayamu, 3rd possessive ayanya)

  1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

Further reading

Maybrat

Noun

aya

  1. water

References

  • A Grammar of Maybrat: A Language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia (2007)

Olukumi

Etymology

Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Yoruba aya, ọya, ọyà, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-yà

Pronunciation

Noun

aya

  1. wife
    Antonym: ọkọ

Derived terms

Related terms

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish allá and Portuguese alá.

Adverb

aya

  1. there

Quechua

Noun

aya

  1. soul, spirit, ghost
  2. corpse, deceased, dead person

Declension

declension of aya
singular plural
nominative aya ayakuna
accusative ayata ayakunata
dative ayaman ayakunaman
genitive ayapa ayakunap
locative ayapi ayakunapi
terminative ayakama ayakunakama
ablative ayamanta ayakunamanta
instrumental ayawan ayakunawan
comitative ayanintin ayakunantin
abessive ayaninnaq ayakunannaq
comparative ayahina ayakunahina
causative ayarayku ayakunarayku
benefactive ayapaq ayakunapaq
associative ayapura ayakunapura
distributive ayaninka ayakunanka
exclusive ayalla ayakunalla
possessive forms of aya
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative ayaniy ayaniykuna
accusative ayaniyta ayaniykunata
dative ayaniyman ayaniykunaman
genitive ayaniypa ayaniykunap
locative ayaniypi ayaniykunapi
terminative ayaniykama ayaniykunakama
ablative ayaniymanta ayaniykunamanta
instrumental ayaniywan ayaniykunawan
comitative ayaniynintin ayaniykunantin
abessive ayaniyninnaq ayaniykunannaq
comparative ayaniyhina ayaniykunahina
causative ayaniyrayku ayaniykunarayku
benefactive ayaniypaq ayaniykunapaq
associative ayaniypura ayaniykunapura
distributive ayaniyninka ayaniykunanka
exclusive ayaniylla ayaniykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative ayaniyki ayaniykikuna
accusative ayaniykita ayaniykikunata
dative ayaniykiman ayaniykikunaman
genitive ayaniykipa ayaniykikunap
locative ayaniykipi ayaniykikunapi
terminative ayaniykikama ayaniykikunakama
ablative ayaniykimanta ayaniykikunamanta
instrumental ayaniykiwan ayaniykikunawan
comitative ayaniykintin ayaniykikunantin
abessive ayaniykinnaq ayaniykikunannaq
comparative ayaniykihina ayaniykikunahina
causative ayaniykirayku ayaniykikunarayku
benefactive ayaniykipaq ayaniykikunapaq
associative ayaniykipura ayaniykikunapura
distributive ayaniykinka ayaniykikunanka
exclusive ayaniykilla ayaniykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative ayanin ayaninkuna
accusative ayaninta ayaninkunata
dative ayaninman ayaninkunaman
genitive ayaninpa ayaninkunap
locative ayaninpi ayaninkunapi
terminative ayaninkama ayaninkunakama
ablative ayaninmanta ayaninkunamanta
instrumental ayaninwan ayaninkunawan
comitative ayaninintin ayaninkunantin
abessive ayaninninnaq ayaninkunannaq
comparative ayaninhina ayaninkunahina
causative ayaninrayku ayaninkunarayku
benefactive ayaninpaq ayaninkunapaq
associative ayaninpura ayaninkunapura
distributive ayanininka ayaninkunanka
exclusive ayaninlla ayaninkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative ayaninchik ayaninchikkuna
accusative ayaninchikta ayaninchikkunata
dative ayaninchikman ayaninchikkunaman
genitive ayaninchikpa ayaninchikkunap
locative ayaninchikpi ayaninchikkunapi
terminative ayaninchikkama ayaninchikkunakama
ablative ayaninchikmanta ayaninchikkunamanta
instrumental ayaninchikwan ayaninchikkunawan
comitative ayaninchiknintin ayaninchikkunantin
abessive ayaninchikninnaq ayaninchikkunannaq
comparative ayaninchikhina ayaninchikkunahina
causative ayaninchikrayku ayaninchikkunarayku
benefactive ayaninchikpaq ayaninchikkunapaq
associative ayaninchikpura ayaninchikkunapura
distributive ayaninchikninka ayaninchikkunanka
exclusive ayaninchiklla ayaninchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative ayaniyku ayaniykukuna
accusative ayaniykuta ayaniykukunata
dative ayaniykuman ayaniykukunaman
genitive ayaniykupa ayaniykukunap
locative ayaniykupi ayaniykukunapi
terminative ayaniykukama ayaniykukunakama
ablative ayaniykumanta ayaniykukunamanta
instrumental ayaniykuwan ayaniykukunawan
comitative ayaniykuntin ayaniykukunantin
abessive ayaniykunnaq ayaniykukunannaq
comparative ayaniykuhina ayaniykukunahina
causative ayaniykurayku ayaniykukunarayku
benefactive ayaniykupaq ayaniykukunapaq
associative ayaniykupura ayaniykukunapura
distributive ayaniykunka ayaniykukunanka
exclusive ayaniykulla ayaniykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative ayaniykichik ayaniykichikkuna
accusative ayaniykichikta ayaniykichikkunata
dative ayaniykichikman ayaniykichikkunaman
genitive ayaniykichikpa ayaniykichikkunap
locative ayaniykichikpi ayaniykichikkunapi
terminative ayaniykichikkama ayaniykichikkunakama
ablative ayaniykichikmanta ayaniykichikkunamanta
instrumental ayaniykichikwan ayaniykichikkunawan
comitative ayaniykichiknintin ayaniykichikkunantin
abessive ayaniykichikninnaq ayaniykichikkunannaq
comparative ayaniykichikhina ayaniykichikkunahina
causative ayaniykichikrayku ayaniykichikkunarayku
benefactive ayaniykichikpaq ayaniykichikkunapaq
associative ayaniykichikpura ayaniykichikkunapura
distributive ayaniykichikninka ayaniykichikkunanka
exclusive ayaniykichiklla ayaniykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative ayaninku ayaninkukuna
accusative ayaninkuta ayaninkukunata
dative ayaninkuman ayaninkukunaman
genitive ayaninkupa ayaninkukunap
locative ayaninkupi ayaninkukunapi
terminative ayaninkukama ayaninkukunakama
ablative ayaninkumanta ayaninkukunamanta
instrumental ayaninkuwan ayaninkukunawan
comitative ayaninkuntin ayaninkukunantin
abessive ayaninkunnaq ayaninkukunannaq
comparative ayaninkuhina ayaninkukunahina
causative ayaninkurayku ayaninkukunarayku
benefactive ayaninkupaq ayaninkukunapaq
associative ayaninkupura ayaninkukunapura
distributive ayaninkunka ayaninkukunanka
exclusive ayaninkulla ayaninkukunalla

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin avia (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒa/

Noun

aya f (plural ayas)

  1. female equivalent of ayo

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Pronunciation

Noun

aya (n class, plural aya)

  1. paragraph
    Synonym: paragrafu
  2. verse

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

  1. pleasantness of the weather, face, etc.
    Synonyms: aliwalas, kaaliwalasan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish aya (“governess”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

  1. governess; caretaker of children
    Synonyms: yaya, ama, sisiwa

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ayà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)

  1. Alternative form of yaya
Derived terms

Ternate

Etymology

Probably from Classical Malay ايق (ayak) (cf. ayak), the stem of مڠايق (mengayak, “to sieve”).

Pronunciation

Verb

aya

  1. (transitive) to sift

Conjugation

Conjugation of aya
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toaya foaya miaya
2nd noaya niaya
3rd Masculine oaya iaya, yoaya†
Feminine moaya
Neuter iaya
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آیا, from Proto-Turkic *hāya, *āja (“palm (of hand)”).

Noun

aya (definite accusative ayayı, plural ayalar)

  1. palm (of hand)
Declension
Inflection
Nominative aya
Definite accusative ayayı
Singular Plural
Nominative aya ayalar
Definite accusative ayayı ayaları
Dative ayaya ayalara
Locative ayada ayalarda
Ablative ayadan ayalardan
Genitive ayanın ayaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular ayam ayalarım
2nd singular ayan ayaların
3rd singular ayası ayaları
1st plural ayamız ayalarımız
2nd plural ayanız ayalarınız
3rd plural ayaları ayaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular ayamı ayalarımı
2nd singular ayanı ayalarını
3rd singular ayasını ayalarını
1st plural ayamızı ayalarımızı
2nd plural ayanızı ayalarınızı
3rd plural ayalarını ayalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular ayama ayalarıma
2nd singular ayana ayalarına
3rd singular ayasına ayalarına
1st plural ayamıza ayalarımıza
2nd plural ayanıza ayalarınıza
3rd plural ayalarına ayalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular ayamda ayalarımda
2nd singular ayanda ayalarında
3rd singular ayasında ayalarında
1st plural ayamızda ayalarımızda
2nd plural ayanızda ayalarınızda
3rd plural ayalarında ayalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular ayamdan ayalarımdan
2nd singular ayandan ayalarından
3rd singular ayasından ayalarından
1st plural ayamızdan ayalarımızdan
2nd plural ayanızdan ayalarınızdan
3rd plural ayalarından ayalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular ayamın ayalarımın
2nd singular ayanın ayalarının
3rd singular ayasının ayalarının
1st plural ayamızın ayalarımızın
2nd plural ayanızın ayalarınızın
3rd plural ayalarının ayalarının

References

Etymology 2

Noun

aya

  1. dative singular of ay

Yale

Noun

aya

  1. father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Olukumi aya, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà

Pronunciation

Noun

aya or ayà

  1. wife
    Synonyms: abilekọ, ìyàwó
    Antonym: ọkọ
Notes
  • The form ayà is used by speakers of Central Yoruba dialects. Other speakers of Central Yoruba and Northeast Yoruba dialects use the form ọyà
Derived terms
  • aláya (“married man”)
  • ayaba (“queen, royal wife”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

àyà

  1. chest
  2. (by extension) lungs, heart
    Synonyms: ọkàn, ẹ̀dọ̀
  3. (idiomatic) bravery, courage
    Synonyms: akin, ògbójú
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

àyá

  1. (literally) same time in the past year
  2. (by extension) anniversary
    Synonyms: àyájọ́, ayẹyẹ
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 55

Yupiltepeque

Etymology

Cognate to Jumaytepeque aya, Jutiapa aiya, Chiquimulilla aʔyāj, Sinacantán ayala.

Pronunciation

Noun

aya

  1. woman

See also

References

  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Zazaki

Pronoun

aya

  1. she
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