kaya

See also: Kaya and kāya

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese (カヤ, kaya).

Noun

kaya (plural kayas)

  1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
  2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

Etymology 2

Noun

kaya (uncountable)

  1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.

Aguaruna

Noun

kaya

  1. stone

Japanese

Romanization

kaya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of カヤ

Jarawa

Noun

kaya

  1. mother

Javanese

Adverb

kaya (krama kados)

  1. like, such as

Ladino

Interjection

kaya

  1. Be quiet! shut up!

Malay

Adjective

kaya

  1. rich, wealthy

Noun

kaya (plural kaya-kaya)

  1. a jam made from coconut milk, eggs, pandan leaves and sugar.

Nyunga

Alternative forms

kaia (in Minang dialect)

Interjection

kaya

  1. hello

Particle

kaya

  1. yes
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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish calle.

Noun

kaya

  1. street, road

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (able; to be able) IPA(key): /ˈkaːɪa/
  • (so) IPA(key): /kaˈɪa/
  • (for emphasis) IPA(key): /kaˈɪaʔ/
  • (file)

Adjective

kaya

  1. Able.
    Kaya natin ito!
    We can do this!

Conjunction

kaya

  1. So, for cause and effect.
    Marami siyang ginawang trabaho kaya pag-uwi niya'y nakatulog siya agad.
    He'd done a lot of work so as soon as he got home, he fell asleep instantly.

See also

  • kaya lang
  • kaya pala
  • para

Interjection

kaya

  1. (informal) Expression for emphasis.
    Lagi mong iniisip na pangit ka. Maganda ka kaya.
    You always think you're ugly. You're very pretty, you know.

See also

Verb

kaya

  1. To be able to; to strive to.
    Kinakaya ng magtataho na magbuhat ng dalawang baldeng puno ng taho.
    The taho vendor forces himself to carry two full pails of soybean.

Conjugation

See also


Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kaya, rock), from Proto-Turkic *K(i)aja (rock, mountain).[1] Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (rock) (Mongolian хад (had, large rock, cliff)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (rock) (Evenki кадага (kadaɣa, rock, cliff)), however Old Turkic -j- instead of the expected -d- is baffling, EDAL suggests Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, rock) is perhaps a borrowing from some archaic "j-dialect"[2] such as Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak languages where regular d→δ→j evolution took place. Helimski (1995)[3] suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (mountain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈja]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Noun

kaya (definite accusative kayayı, plural kayalar)

  1. huge rock; large rock mass
  2. rock cliff, rock precipice, palisade

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kaya
Definite accusative kayayı
Singular Plural
Nominative kaya kayalar
Definite accusative kayayı kayaları
Dative kayaya kayalara
Locative kayada kayalarda
Ablative kayadan kayalardan
Genitive kayanın kayaların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kayam kayalarım
2nd singular kayan kayaların
3rd singular kayası kayaları
1st plural kayamız kayalarımız
2nd plural kayanız kayalarınız
3rd plural kayaları kayaları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kayayım kayalarım
2nd singular kayasın kayalarsın
3rd singular kaya
kayadır
kayalar
kayalardır
1st plural kayayız kayalarız
2nd plural kayasınız kayalarsınız
3rd plural kayalar kayalardır

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *K(i)aja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *kadV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.
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