bya

bya

Japanese

Romanization

bya

1. Rōmaji transcription of びゃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ビャ

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pʲa˨˦/
• Tone numbers: bya¹
• Hyphenation: bya

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *praːᴬ (“stone mountain”). Cognate with Thai ผา (pǎa), Lao ຜາ (phā).

Noun

bya (old orthography bya, Sawndip forms 岜, 𡵟, 𥑁)

1. hill, mountain

   bya sang ― high hill

Descendants

• Chinese: 岜

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *plaːᴬ (“fish”). Cognate with Thai ปลา (bplaa), Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩣ, Isan ปา, Lao ປາ (pā), Lü ᦔᦱ (ṗaa), Tai Dam ꪜꪱ, Shan ပႃ (pǎa), Ahom 𑜆𑜠 (pa) or 𑜆𑜡 (paa), Bouyei byal, Saek ปร๋า.

Noun

bya (old orthography bya, Sawndip forms 䰾, 𮫻, 𩵒, 蚆, 𣲩)

1. fish

   haj duz bya ― five fish

Derived terms

• byayouzyiz (“squid”)
• byagim (“goldfish”)