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
- to suffer
- Synonym: ɖù yà
Gurindji
Noun
- 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?
- (transitive) to thicken
Inflection
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Yoruba
Alternative forms
- جِيَ
Etymology
From jẹ (“to eat”) + ìyà (“suffering”). Cognates include Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba jùyà, Ifè dzìyà, Olukumi zùyà. Compare Gun jìyà, Fon jìyà, Saxwe Gbe jì àyà, Adja ʒì aya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒì.jà/
Verb
jìyà
- to suffer
Derived terms
- ìjìyà (“suffering”)