jiya

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
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒì.jà/

Verb

jìyà

  1. to suffer
    Synonym: ɖù yà

Gurindji

Noun

jiya

  1. 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?

  1. (transitive) to thicken

Inflection

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

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
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒì.jà/

Verb

jìyà

  1. to suffer

Derived terms
  • ìjìyà (“suffering”)
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