suya

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English

Suya takeaway

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa suya.

Noun

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suya (plural suyas)

  1. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.
    • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 186:
      Elizabeth started eating her suya, her eyes on my face.

Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

suya

  1. feminine singular of suyu

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 衰啊 (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: su‧ya

Adjective

suyà (plural suruya, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. annoyed; irritated;
    Synonym: uyam
  2. contemptuous
    Synonym: sugrot
  3. exasperated; vexed
    Synonym: bangit
  4. bored; fed up
    Synonyms: sawa, umoy
  5. irksome; irked
    Synonym: simpil
  6. disgusted (for food)
    Synonyms: baldi, sikmol

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien 衰啊 (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/,

Verb

suyà (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. to envy; to begrudge
    Synonym: igi
  2. to resent
    Synonyms: agrabyo, ligutgot

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)

  1. suya (kebab)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʝa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsuʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʒa/

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: su‧ya

Determiner

suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo

Related terms

    Spanish possessive determiners
possessor preposed postposed or standalone
possessee possessee
singular plural singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
First person: singular: mi mis mío mía míos mías
plural: (same as postposed/standalone) nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
Second person
(informal): 		singular: tu tus tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas
plural: (same as postposed/standalone) vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
Third person: su sus suyo suya suyos suyas

Pronoun

suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo

Related terms

    Spanish possessive pronouns
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mío mía míos mías
Second person tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas
Third person suyo suya suyos suyas
plural First person nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
Second person vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
Third person suyo suya suyos suyas

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 衰啊 (soe--a!, “how unlucky!”). Compare Bikol Central suya and Cebuano suya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈjaʔ/, (adjective)
  • Hyphenation: su‧ya

Noun

suyà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. surfeit; condition of being fed to satiety or excess
    Synonyms: sawa, pagkasawa, tusing, pagkatusing, suklam
  2. annoyance; condition of being fed up
    Synonyms: yamot, pagkayamot, inis, pagkainis, susot, bagot

Derived terms

Adjective

suyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. fed to satiety or excess
    Synonym: sawa
  2. fed up; annoyed; disgusted
    Synonyms: inis, yamot, naiinis, nayayamot

References

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133

Further reading

  • “suya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

Súyà pẹ̀lú ègé àlùbọ́sà

Etymology

From Hausa sūyā̀.

Pronunciation

Noun

súyà

  1. suya
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