saya

Borrowed from Tagalog saya, from Spanish saya.

saya (plural sayas)

1. (Philippines) A skirt.
   • 2022, James Hopper, Caybigan:

     And as she stalked in her long, loose stride toward the dressing-room to readjust her saya, somewhat in distress from the Maestro's last effort, it had suddenly flashed upon him where he had seen her before.

• under the saya

From Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos).

saya f (plural sayes)

1. skirt

• falda

saya

1. death

• sayal

Borrowed from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja/, [ˈs̪a.jʌ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

saya

1. skirt

   Synonym: palda

2. (often humorous) kilt

saya

1. to wear a skirt

• ander de saya

Compare sadya.

• IPA^(key): /saˈja/, [s̪ʌˈja]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

sayá

1. merry

For quotations using this term, see Citations:saya.

• sahaya
• saja (pre-1947, 1947-1972)

From Malay saya, from Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya). Doublet of sahaya and aye.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsä.jä]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

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saya

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• The formal personal pronoun.

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

saya

1. Rōmaji transcription of さや

saya

1. tear; teardrop

• sahaya, سهاي, sy

From Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya, “follower”) or from Portuguese sou (“I am”) (unofficial)

• IPA^(key): /saja/
• Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [säjə]

• Audio (MY)

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saya (Jawi spelling ساي)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

   Nama saya ...

   My name is ...

• aku / ku (ku- / -ku) / daku
• hamba
• hamba sahaya
• beta

saya

1. here

From Spanish saya and Portuguese saia and Kabuverdianu saia.

saya

1. skirt

Borrowed from Spanish saya.

saya

1. skirt

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos). Compare Portuguese saia, French saie.

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: sa‧ya

saya f (plural sayas)

1. (archaic, Cuba) skirt

   Synonyms: falda, pollera, nagua

• → Cebuano: saya
• → Moroccan Arabic: صاية (ṣāya)
• → Tagalog: saya

• “saya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Proto-Philippine *sayaq. Compare Kapampangan saya, Masbatenyo sadya, Cebuano sadya, and Hiligaynon sadya.

• IPA^(key): /saˈja/, [sɐˈja]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

sayá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ)

1. joy; happiness; gladness

   Synonyms: tuwa, katuwaan, galak, kagalakan, ligaya, kaligayahan

2. fun; merriment; festivity

   Synonyms: pagkakatuwa, pagdiriwang

Borrowed from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from earlier sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), probably of Gaulish origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja/, [ˈsa.jɐ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

saya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ)

1. skirt

   Synonym: palda

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ja]

saya

1. a flower

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): [saja]

saya

1. mountain

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “saya”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon