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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋuyaq.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ngu‧ya
- IPA(key): /ŋuˈjaʔ/
Noun
nguyâ
- chew
- Synonym: nguta
Derived terms
References
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
Noun
nguya class 9/10 (plural nguya)
- winged termite
- Hypernym: mũthũa
References
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 10.
Tagalog
Etymology
Uncertain. Blust 2010- tentatively posits this is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋuyaq, and is cognate with Malay kunyah, but this comparison is phonologically problematic, and the most likely origin of the word being a back-formation from hypothetical *manguyà (mang- + *kuyà), *kuyà being from the tentative reconstruction *kuyaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nguyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜓᜌ)
- chewing; mastication
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋuyaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Further reading
- “nguya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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