haya

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See also: Haya, һауа, and Һауа

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish haya, from Old Spanish haya, from Latin [materia] fāgea (hay wood).

Noun

haya (plural hayas)

  1. A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

haya

  1. (Judaism) Alternative form of chaya

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhajaʔ/,
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔajaʔ/, (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ya

Noun

hayà (Basahan spelling ᜑᜌ)

  1. wail
    Synonyms: ngaringi, uka, agagha

Derived terms

Cebuano

Noun

haya

  1. a wake; a period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party

Japanese

Romanization

haya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はや

Laz

Pronoun

haya

  1. Latin spelling of ჰაჲა (haya)

Lushootseed

Verb

haya

  1. Alternative form of hay

Quechua

Alternative forms

Adjective

haya

  1. spicy, hot, tasty

Noun

haya

  1. hot spice

Declension

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish faya, from Latin fāgea, from fāgus, from Proto-Italic *fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Compare Galician and Portuguese faia.

Noun

haya f (plural hayas)

  1. beech, beech tree
Usage notes
  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el haya, un haya
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin habeam, first-person singular present active subjunctive of habeō (to have, hold).

Verb

haya

  1. inflection of haber:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَيَّا (hayyā).

Interjection

haya

  1. come on! now then! make haste!
  2. okay, alright

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ).

Noun

haya (n class, plural haya)

  1. shame, modesty, bashfulness

Etymology 3

Adjective

haya

  1. Ma class inflected form of hii.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ha‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈhajaʔ/,

Noun

hayà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜌ)

  1. consenting; toleration (of an act)
    Synonyms: konsente, pagkonsente, baya, pagpapabaya, payag, pagpayag
  2. neglect; abandonment
    Synonyms: pabaya, pagpapabaya
  3. threatening gesture using one's hand
  4. sheaf of cut stalks of grain laid temporarily on the ground after harvesting

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • haya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tboli

Adverb

haya

  1. tomorrow

Yanomamö

Noun

haya

  1. deer, Odocoileus virginianus

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology

From English hire.

Pronunciation

Verb

háyà

  1. to rent; to hire