suya

suya

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Hausa suya.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    suya (plural suyas)

    1. 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.

    Anagrams

    Asturian

    Adjective

    suya

    1. feminine singular of suyu

    Cebuano

    Etymology

    From Hokkien (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: su‧ya
    • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈs̪u.jɐʔ]

    Verb

    suyà (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

    1. to envy; to begrudge
      Synonym: igi
    2. to resent
      Synonyms: agrabyo, ligutgot

    Central Bikol

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Hokkien (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈsu.jaʔ]
    • Hyphenation: su‧ya

    Adjective

    suyà (plural suruya, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

    1. annoyed; irritated;
      Synonym: uyam
    2. contemptuous
      Synonym: sugrot
    3. exasperated; vexed
      Synonym: bangit
    4. bored; fed up
      Synonyms: sawa, umoy
    5. irksome; irked
      Synonym: simpil
    6. disgusted (for food)
      Synonyms: baldi, sikmol

    Derived terms

    Hausa

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /súː.jàː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.jàː]

    Noun

    sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)

    1. suya (kebab)

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

     

    • Rhymes: -uʝa
    • Syllabification: su‧ya

    Determiner

    suya f sg

    1. feminine singular of suyo
    Spanish possessive determiners
    possessor preposed postposed or standalone
    singular
    possessee
    plural
    possessee
    singular possessee plural possessee
    masculine feminine masculine feminine
    first person singular mi mis mío mía míos mías
    plural (same as postposed/standalone) nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
    second person 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

    1. feminine singular of suyo
    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 (soe--a!, how unlucky!).[1] Compare Central Bikol suya and Cebuano suya.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog)
      • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈsuː.jɐʔ] (noun)
        • Rhymes: -ujaʔ
      • IPA(key): /suˈjaʔ/ [sʊˈjaʔ] (adjective)
        • Rhymes: -aʔ
    • Syllabification: su‧ya

    Noun

    suyà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

    1. surfeit; condition of being fed to satiety or excess
      Synonyms: sawa, pagkasawa, tusing, pagkatusing, suklam
    2. annoyance; condition of being fed up
      Synonyms: yamot, pagkayamot, inis, pagkainis, susot, bagot

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    suyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

    1. fed to satiety or excess
      Synonym: sawa
    2. fed up; annoyed; disgusted
      Synonyms: inis, yamot, naiinis, nayayamot

    References

    1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133

    Further reading

    • suya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

    Yoruba

    Etymology

    From Hausa sūyā̀.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sú.jà/

    Noun

    súyà

    1. suya