aya

See also: Aya, ayá, áya, āya, ayą́, aþa, and Ay'a

English

Etymology 1

Noun

aya (plural ayas)

  1. Alternative form of ayah

Etymology 2

Adverb

aya (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, New England) Yes; yea; aye.
    • 1938, Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts, Coward-McCann and Samuel French (1965), →ISBN:
      “The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”
    • 2001, David McCullough, John Adams, Simon & Schuster (2001), →ISBN:
      “And for all her reading, her remarkable knowledge of English poetry and literature, she was never to lose certain countrified Yankee patterns of speech, saying 'Canady' for Canada, as an example, using 'set' for sit, or the old New England 'aya,' for yes.”

Anagrams

Biak

Pronoun

aya

  1. first person singular pronoun, I

Chickasaw

Verb

aya

  1. to defecate

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

aya

  1. not yet

Ewe

Noun

aya

  1. wind

Japanese

Romanization

aya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あや

Jumaytepeque

Noun

aya

  1. woman, female

References
  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Kurudu

Pronoun

aya

  1. first person singular pronoun, I

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

aya

  1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

Maybrat

Noun

aya

  1. water

References
  • A Grammar of Maybrat: A Language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia (2007)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish allá and Portuguese alá.

Adverb

aya

  1. there

Quechua

Noun

aya

  1. soul, spirit, ghost
  2. corpse, deceased, dead person

Declension
declension of aya
singular plural
nominative aya ayakuna
accusative ayata ayakunata
dative ayaman ayakunaman
genitive ayapa ayakunap
locative ayapi ayakunapi
terminative ayakama ayakunakama
ablative ayamanta ayakunamanta
instrumental ayawan ayakunawan
comitative ayanintin ayakunantin
abessive ayaninnaq ayakunannaq
comparative ayahina ayakunahina
causative ayarayku ayakunarayku
benefactive ayapaq ayakunapaq
associative ayapura ayakunapura
distributive ayaninka ayakunanka
exclusive ayalla ayakunalla
possessive forms of aya
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative ayaniy ayaniykuna
accusative ayaniyta ayaniykunata
dative ayaniyman ayaniykunaman
genitive ayaniypa ayaniykunap
locative ayaniypi ayaniykunapi
terminative ayaniykama ayaniykunakama
ablative ayaniymanta ayaniykunamanta
instrumental ayaniywan ayaniykunawan
comitative ayaniynintin ayaniykunantin
abessive ayaniyninnaq ayaniykunannaq
comparative ayaniyhina ayaniykunahina
causative ayaniyrayku ayaniykunarayku
benefactive ayaniypaq ayaniykunapaq
associative ayaniypura ayaniykunapura
distributive ayaniyninka ayaniykunanka
exclusive ayaniylla ayaniykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative ayaniyki ayaniykikuna
accusative ayaniykita ayaniykikunata
dative ayaniykiman ayaniykikunaman
genitive ayaniykipa ayaniykikunap
locative ayaniykipi ayaniykikunapi
terminative ayaniykikama ayaniykikunakama
ablative ayaniykimanta ayaniykikunamanta
instrumental ayaniykiwan ayaniykikunawan
comitative ayaniykintin ayaniykikunantin
abessive ayaniykinnaq ayaniykikunannaq
comparative ayaniykihina ayaniykikunahina
causative ayaniykirayku ayaniykikunarayku
benefactive ayaniykipaq ayaniykikunapaq
associative ayaniykipura ayaniykikunapura
distributive ayaniykinka ayaniykikunanka
exclusive ayaniykilla ayaniykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative ayanin ayaninkuna
accusative ayaninta ayaninkunata
dative ayaninman ayaninkunaman
genitive ayaninpa ayaninkunap
locative ayaninpi ayaninkunapi
terminative ayaninkama ayaninkunakama
ablative ayaninmanta ayaninkunamanta
instrumental ayaninwan ayaninkunawan
comitative ayaninintin ayaninkunantin
abessive ayaninninnaq ayaninkunannaq
comparative ayaninhina ayaninkunahina
causative ayaninrayku ayaninkunarayku
benefactive ayaninpaq ayaninkunapaq
associative ayaninpura ayaninkunapura
distributive ayanininka ayaninkunanka
exclusive ayaninlla ayaninkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative ayaninchik ayaninchikkuna
accusative ayaninchikta ayaninchikkunata
dative ayaninchikman ayaninchikkunaman
genitive ayaninchikpa ayaninchikkunap
locative ayaninchikpi ayaninchikkunapi
terminative ayaninchikkama ayaninchikkunakama
ablative ayaninchikmanta ayaninchikkunamanta
instrumental ayaninchikwan ayaninchikkunawan
comitative ayaninchiknintin ayaninchikkunantin
abessive ayaninchikninnaq ayaninchikkunannaq
comparative ayaninchikhina ayaninchikkunahina
causative ayaninchikrayku ayaninchikkunarayku
benefactive ayaninchikpaq ayaninchikkunapaq
associative ayaninchikpura ayaninchikkunapura
distributive ayaninchikninka ayaninchikkunanka
exclusive ayaninchiklla ayaninchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative ayaniyku ayaniykukuna
accusative ayaniykuta ayaniykukunata
dative ayaniykuman ayaniykukunaman
genitive ayaniykupa ayaniykukunap
locative ayaniykupi ayaniykukunapi
terminative ayaniykukama ayaniykukunakama
ablative ayaniykumanta ayaniykukunamanta
instrumental ayaniykuwan ayaniykukunawan
comitative ayaniykuntin ayaniykukunantin
abessive ayaniykunnaq ayaniykukunannaq
comparative ayaniykuhina ayaniykukunahina
causative ayaniykurayku ayaniykukunarayku
benefactive ayaniykupaq ayaniykukunapaq
associative ayaniykupura ayaniykukunapura
distributive ayaniykunka ayaniykukunanka
exclusive ayaniykulla ayaniykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative ayaniykichik ayaniykichikkuna
accusative ayaniykichikta ayaniykichikkunata
dative ayaniykichikman ayaniykichikkunaman
genitive ayaniykichikpa ayaniykichikkunap
locative ayaniykichikpi ayaniykichikkunapi
terminative ayaniykichikkama ayaniykichikkunakama
ablative ayaniykichikmanta ayaniykichikkunamanta
instrumental ayaniykichikwan ayaniykichikkunawan
comitative ayaniykichiknintin ayaniykichikkunantin
abessive ayaniykichikninnaq ayaniykichikkunannaq
comparative ayaniykichikhina ayaniykichikkunahina
causative ayaniykichikrayku ayaniykichikkunarayku
benefactive ayaniykichikpaq ayaniykichikkunapaq
associative ayaniykichikpura ayaniykichikkunapura
distributive ayaniykichikninka ayaniykichikkunanka
exclusive ayaniykichiklla ayaniykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative ayaninku ayaninkukuna
accusative ayaninkuta ayaninkukunata
dative ayaninkuman ayaninkukunaman
genitive ayaninkupa ayaninkukunap
locative ayaninkupi ayaninkukunapi
terminative ayaninkukama ayaninkukunakama
ablative ayaninkumanta ayaninkukunamanta
instrumental ayaninkuwan ayaninkukunawan
comitative ayaninkuntin ayaninkukunantin
abessive ayaninkunnaq ayaninkukunannaq
comparative ayaninkuhina ayaninkukunahina
causative ayaninkurayku ayaninkukunarayku
benefactive ayaninkupaq ayaninkukunapaq
associative ayaninkupura ayaninkukunapura
distributive ayaninkunka ayaninkukunanka
exclusive ayaninkulla ayaninkukunalla

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɟ͡ʝa/, [ˈaʝa]
  • Homophone: haya

Noun

aya f (plural ayas)

  1. female equivalent of ayo

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *hāya, *āja (“palm (of hand)”). Cognate with Old Turkic [Term?].

Noun

aya (definite accusative ayayı, plural ayalar)

  1. palm (of hand)
Declension
Inflection
Nominative aya
Definite accusative ayayı
Singular Plural
Nominative aya ayalar
Definite accusative ayayı ayaları
Dative ayaya ayalara
Locative ayada ayalarda
Ablative ayadan ayalardan
Genitive ayanın ayaların

Etymology 2

Noun

aya

  1. accusative singular of ay

Yupiltepeque

Etymology

Cognate to Jumaytepeque aya, Jutiapa aiya, Chiquimulilla aʔyāj, Sinacantán ayala.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aja/

Noun

aya

  1. woman

See also

References
  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
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