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Gun
Etymology
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
Verb
jìyà
- to suffer
- Synonym: ɖù yà
Gurindji
Noun
jiya
- kangaroo
References
- 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
Etymology
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Verb
-jiya?
- (transitive) to thicken
Inflection
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Yoruba
Etymology
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
Verb
jìyà
- to suffer
Derived terms