tonya

See also: Tonya

English

Etymology

Japanese 問屋

Noun

tonya (plural tonya)

  1. (historical) A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.

Anagrams

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔːɲa/
This o is pronounced long.[1]

Verb

tonya (infinitive gũtonya)

  1. to enter

Antonyms

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma

References
  1. “tonya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 460. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.