suya
English
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Suya takeaway
Etymology
Borrowed from Hausa suya.
Noun
suya (plural suyas)
- 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.
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Anagrams
- Yaus, ayus, suay
Asturian
Adjective
suya
- feminine singular of suyu
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 衰矣 (soe --ah!, “how unlucky!”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/
Adjective
suyà
- annoyed; irritated;
- Synonym: uyam
- contemptuous
- Synonym: sugrot
- exasperated; vexed
- Synonym: bangit
- bored; fed up
- Synonyms: sawa, umoy
- irksome; irked
- Synonym: simpil
- disgusted (for food)
- Synonyms: baldi, sikmol
Derived terms
- kasuyaan
- makasuya
- masuya
- pagkasuya
- pasuya
Cebuano
Etymology
From Hokkien 衰矣 (soe --ah!, “how unlucky!”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/, [ˈs̪u.jʌʔ]
Verb
suyà
- to envy; to begrudge; to resent
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /súː.jàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.jàː]
Noun
sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)
- suya (kebab)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa]
- Rhymes: -uʝa
- Syllabification: su‧ya
Determiner
suya f sg
- 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
- 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 衰矣 (soe--ah!, “how unlucky!”).[1] Compare Bikol Central suya and Cebuano suya.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/, [ˈsu.jɐʔ] (noun)
- IPA(key): /suˈjaʔ/, [sʊˈjaʔ] (adjective)
Noun
suyà
- surfeit; condition of being fed to satiety or excess
- Synonyms: sawa, pagkasawa, tusing, pagkatusing, suklam
- annoyance; condition of being fed up
- Synonyms: yamot, pagkayamot, inis, pagkainis, susot, bagot
Derived terms
- kasuyaan
- kinasusuyaan
- makasuya
- masuya
- nakasusuya
- pagkasuya
- suyang-suya
Adjective
suyâ
- fed to satiety or excess
- Synonym: sawa
- fed up; annoyed; disgusted
- Synonyms: inis, yamot, naiinis, nayayamot
References
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University
Yoruba
![](Images/wiktionary/Nigerian_home_made_suya_and_sliced_onions.png.webp)
Súyà pẹ̀lú ègé àlùbọ́sà
Etymology
From Hausa sūyā̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sú.jà/
Noun
súyà
- suya