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English
Noun
raya (plural rayas)
- Alternative form of rayah
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish raya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾaja/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ya
Noun
ráya (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌ)
- stripe
- row
- Synonyms: talay, taytay
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾaˈjaʔ/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ya
Noun
rayâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌ)
- trauma (emotional wound)
- Synonyms: trawma, troma
Derived terms
Dusun Deyah
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq.
Noun
raya
- blood
French
Pronunciation
Verb
raya
- third-person singular past historic of rayer
Noun
raya m (plural rayas)
- rayah, member of the non-Muslim population of the Ottoman empire
- 1845, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Voyage en Bulgarie 1841, chapitre VII
Il était évident que le vizir Hussein, musulman avant tout, avait vu avec déplaisir l’insurrection de Bulgarie, mais que son équité naturelle réprouvait les exactions infligées aux rayas.- It was clear that the vizier Hussein, a Muslim above all, had viewed the uprising in Bulgaria with displeasure, but his natural sense of fairness condemned the brutality inflicted on the rayahs.
Further reading
Indonesian
- raja (van Ophuijsen (1901-1947), Republik/Soewandi (1947-1967))
Etymology
From Malay raya, from Proto-Malayic *ɣaja, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.ja/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ya
Adjective
raya
- big; large
- Synonym: besar
- grand
- great
Derived terms
Further reading
Makasar
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”), from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”).
Since the prestige dialect of Makasar is spoken on the western coast of the South Sulawesi peninsula, the originally relative meaning "toward the interior" was lexicalized as "east(wards)". In the Turatea and Bantaeng dialects which are located on the southern coast, raya means "north".
Pronunciation
Adverb
raya (Lontara spelling ᨑᨐ)
- (Standard, Makasar) east
- Antonym: lau'
- (Bantaeng, Turatea) north
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaya.
Pronunciation
Adjective
raya (Jawi spelling راي)
- great; big
- Synonyms: agung, besar, gedang
- Antonym: kecil
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “راي raja”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 4
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “راي raya”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 320
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “raya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 321
Further reading
Phuthi
Etymology
From Sotho raha.
Verb
-raya
- to kick
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʝa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈraʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʒa/
- Rhymes: -aʝa
- Syllabification: ra‧ya
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius or a related derivative; cf. the verb rayar,[1] or from the feminine form of rayo. Probably a doublet of raza. Cognate with Portuguese raia, French raie.
Noun
raya f (plural rayas)
- line
- limit
- parting
- dash (punctuation mark)
- scratch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin raia.
Noun
raya f (plural rayas)
- ray (fish)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
raya
- inflection of rayar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
raya
- inflection of raer:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
Further reading