kaya

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See also: Kaya, kāya, and ka'ya

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).

Noun

kaya (plural kayas)

  1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
  2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

Etymology 2

From Malay kaya, from kaya (“rich”).

Noun

kaya (uncountable)

  1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
    • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 125:
      So they ate sliced Chinese white bread [...] spread thickly with sweet brown kaya.

References

  1. ^ Julie Wong (2014 August 3) “Kaya: A rich spread”, in The Star, retrieved 16 April 2015

Anagrams

Aguaruna

Noun

kaya

  1. stone

Antillean Creole

Noun

kaya

  1. marijuana

Fijian

Verb

kaya

  1. to answer, to respond

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Etymology 1

From Malay kaya (“rich”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya, from Proto-Austronesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Cognate of Tagalog kaya, especially Tagalog may-kaya.

Adjective

kaya

  1. rich, wealthy.
    Synonym: sugih
  2. (figurative) powerful.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

kaya

  1. Alternative spelling of kayak (“like, similar”)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kaya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of カヤ

Javanese

Adverb

kaya (krama kados)

  1. like, such as

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ka +‎ ya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈjaʔ/, (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Determiner

kaya

  1. his; her
  2. (colloquial) its

Pronoun

kaya

  1. his; her; hers
    • 1617, Francisco Coronel, Arte y reglas de la lengua Pampanga:
      Queta o carin queyá?
      There or to his/her place?
  2. (colloquial) it

Adverb

kaya

  1. expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder
    Mangapakananu kaya?
    I wonder what could have happened?
  2. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty
    Saling laman o kaya asan bakanitang ipanapunan.
    Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.
  3. (informal) expression for emphasis
    Paneng manisip matsura. Tuknangan mu kaya.
    You always think something bad. just stop it, indeed!

See also

Ladino

Interjection

kaya

  1. Be quiet! shut up!

Malay

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya, from Proto-Austronesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Cognate of Tagalog kaya, especially Tagalog may-kaya.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kaya (Jawi spelling کاي or کايا)

  1. rich:
    1. Having a lot of wealth or money.
      keluarga kaya ― rich family
    2. Having a lot of a certain thing; being rich in something.
      kaya dengan sumber alam ― rich in natural resources
      kaya dengan protein ― rich in protein
  2. (Islam, figurative) Having power (of God).
    Tuhan yang Maha Kaya ― the Almighty God

Affixations

Compounds

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kaya
  • → Min Nan: 奎維／奎维 (khe-ûi)

Noun

kaya (Jawi spelling کاي or کايا, informal 1st possessive kayaku, 2nd possessive kayamu, 3rd possessive kayanya)

  1. Seri kaya, a custard sweet spread made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar.

Further reading

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Alternative forms

kaia (in Minang dialect)

Interjection

kaya

  1. hello

Particle

kaya

  1. yes

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish calle.

Noun

kaya

  1. street, road

Quechua

Adverb

kaya

  1. tomorrow
  2. the next day

Swahili

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Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

kaya (n class, plural kaya)

  1. village
  2. household, homestead

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Compare Malay kaya (“wealth; power”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

  1. ability; capability; competence
    Synonym: kakayahan
  2. means; resources; wealth; wherewithal
Derived terms

Adjective

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

  1. able to do; capable to do
    Synonym: magagawa
    Kaya natin ito!
    We can do this!

Adverb

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

  1. ably; in an able manner
    Synonym: makakaya

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈjaʔ/,
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Conjunction

kayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

  1. so; therefore; hence
    Synonyms: dahil doon, dahil diyan, sa gayon
    Marami siyang ginawang trabaho, kaya pag-uwi niya'y nakatulog siya agad.
    He'd done a lot of work, so as soon as he got home, he fell asleep instantly.
  2. as a result; consequently
    Synonyms: samakatwid, anupa't

Adverb

kayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

  1. expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder
    Synonym: (Bataan) kali
    Ano kaya ang nangyari?
    What could have happened?
  2. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty
    Bumili ka ng karne o kaya ay isda para sa hapunan natin.
    Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.
  3. (informal) expression for emphasis
    Lagi mong iniisip na pangit ka. Maganda ka kaya.
    You always think you're ugly. You're very pretty, indeed!

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkajaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Noun

kayà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ) (archaic)

  1. any hunting equipment
  2. act of hunting for crocodiles in the river or for a man hiding in the mountain

Further reading

Tsonga

Etymology

Cognate with Zulu ikhaya.

Noun

kaya class 5 (plural makaya class 6)

  1. home

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قیا (kaya), قایا (kaya, “rock”), from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, mountain”). Possibly akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) (Mongolian хад (xad, “large rock, cliff”)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”) (Evenki кадага (kadaga, “rock, cliff”)), (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) however Old Turkic -y- instead of the expected -d- is baffling, EDAL suggests Old Turkic (kaya, “rock”) is perhaps a borrowing from some archaic "y-dialect" such as Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak languages where regular d→δ→y evolution took place. Helimski (1995) suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (“mountain”).

cognates

Cognate with Old Turkic (kaya, “rock”), Azerbaijani qaya (“rock”), Bashkir ҡая (qaya, “rock, cliff”), Khakas хая (xaya, “rock”), Turkmen gaýa (“rock, cliff”), Tuvan хая (xaya, “rock”), Uzbek qoya (“rock, cliff”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kaya (definite accusative kayayı, plural kayalar)

  1. huge rock; large rock mass
  2. rock cliff, rock precipice, palisade

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kaya
Definite accusative kayayı
Singular Plural
Nominative kaya kayalar
Definite accusative kayayı kayaları
Dative kayaya kayalara
Locative kayada kayalarda
Ablative kayadan kayalardan
Genitive kayanın kayaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayam kayalarım
2nd singular kayan kayaların
3rd singular kayası kayaları
1st plural kayamız kayalarımız
2nd plural kayanız kayalarınız
3rd plural kayaları kayaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayamı kayalarımı
2nd singular kayanı kayalarını
3rd singular kayasını kayalarını
1st plural kayamızı kayalarımızı
2nd plural kayanızı kayalarınızı
3rd plural kayalarını kayalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayama kayalarıma
2nd singular kayana kayalarına
3rd singular kayasına kayalarına
1st plural kayamıza kayalarımıza
2nd plural kayanıza kayalarınıza
3rd plural kayalarına kayalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayamda kayalarımda
2nd singular kayanda kayalarında
3rd singular kayasında kayalarında
1st plural kayamızda kayalarımızda
2nd plural kayanızda kayalarınızda
3rd plural kayalarında kayalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayamdan kayalarımdan
2nd singular kayandan kayalarından
3rd singular kayasından kayalarından
1st plural kayamızdan kayalarımızdan
2nd plural kayanızdan kayalarınızdan
3rd plural kayalarından kayalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kayamın kayalarımın
2nd singular kayanın kayalarının
3rd singular kayasının kayalarının
1st plural kayamızın kayalarımızın
2nd plural kayanızın kayalarınızın
3rd plural kayalarının kayalarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kayayım kayalarım
2nd singular kayasın kayalarsın
3rd singular kaya
kayadır 		kayalar
kayalardır
1st plural kayayız kayalarız
2nd plural kayasınız kayalarsınız
3rd plural kayalar kayalardır

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)aja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kadV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.
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