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Alangan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.
Noun
daya
- (anatomy) blood
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay daya (“trick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdajaʔ/
- Hyphenation: da‧ya
Noun
dayà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜌ)
- dishonesty
- Antonym: pagka-onesto
- cheat; deceit; fraud; trickery
- Synonyms: loko, lansi
Derived terms
Hiligaynon
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Malay daya.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈdajaʔ/
Noun
dayà
- cheat; trick
- Synonym: loko
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈdaja/
Pronoun
dáya
- that
- Synonym: sina
Ilocano
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaja/
- Hyphenation: da‧ya
Noun
dáya (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜌ)
- east
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daˈja/
- Hyphenation: da‧yá
Noun
dayá (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜌ)
- wedding
- feast
- any occasion involving a feast or reunion
Derived terms
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay daya,
- from Proto-Malayic *daya (“to trick, to fool”).
- from Sanskrit उदय (udaya, “rise, result”).
- from Old Javanese daya (“inner feelings; heart”), from Pali hadaya (“feeling”, literally “heart”), from Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya, “soul, mind, spirit”, literally “heart”).
- from Old Javanese daya, dāya, deya (“(future) act; plan”), de (“action; condition; by”) + aya, haya, ayah (“effort”).
The sense of a measure of the rate of work or transferring energy in physics is a semantic loan from Dutch vermogen (“power (physics)”, literally “ability”).
Noun
daya (plural daya-daya)
- power:
- physical force or strength.
- Synonyms: kekuatan, tenaga
- (electricity) electricity or a supply of electricity.
- Synonym: tenaga
- (classical mechanics) a measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy, a measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time.
- Synonym: tenaga
- Synonym: kuasa (Standard Malay)
- the strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
- Synonym: kekuatan
- (usually in compound) trick
- Synonym: muslihat
- ability
- Synonym: kemampuan
- effort
- Synonyms: akal, ikhtiar, upaya
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Malay daya, from Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“towards the inland; south”).
Noun
daya
- used only in the noun phrase barat daya (“southwest”)
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
daya
- Romanization of ꦢꦪ
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈdaja/
- Rhymes: -aja
- Syllabification: da‧ya
Noun
daya
- sky, heaven
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of daya (sky)
Northern / Applai
|
Mt. Province |
parts of Bauko |
daya
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Sagada |
daya
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Others
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Ilocos Sur |
Suyo |
daya
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Quirino |
daya
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La Union |
Santol |
tagey
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Bagulin |
kayang
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Southern / Central
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Benguet |
Mankayan |
daya
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Bakun |
daya
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Kapangan |
kayan, daya
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Kibungan |
daya
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Buguias |
daya
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Mt. Province |
Tadian |
daya
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Bauko |
daya
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Sabangan |
daya
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Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdajəʔ/
- Hyphenation: da‧ya
Noun
dáyâ
- blood
Derived terms
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya.
Adjective
daya (Jawi spelling داي)
- Used only in the noun phrase barat daya (“southwest”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayic *daya.
Noun
daya (Jawi spelling داي, plural daya-daya, informal 1st possessive dayaku, 2nd possessive dayamu, 3rd possessive dayanya)
- trick (something designed to trick)
- ability (quality or state of being able)
- (physics) force
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
daya
- Alternative spelling of daya, dāya, deya
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Pali hadaya, from Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya). Doublet of darya and hṛdaya.
Noun
daya
- heart
- inner feeling
Adjective
daya
- inward
Descendants
Further reading
- "daya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sambali
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.
Noun
dayà
- blood
Sundanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya.
Verb
daya
- to deceive, to persuade to anything under false pretenses. artifice. trick.
References
- “Daya” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay daya (“trick”), from either Proto-Malayic *daya or Sanskrit द्वय (dvaya, “duplicity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dayà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌ)
- deceit; fraud; cheating; trickery
- Synonyms: estapa, pagdaraya, linlang, panlilinlang, lansi, panlalansi, gantso, (Rizal) panggagantso, (slang) gulang, (colloquial) budol, onse
- dodge (trick to deceit)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “daya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 73-74
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