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daya

daya

See also: ɖaya

Alangan

Noun

daya

  1. (anatomy) blood

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya.

Noun

dáyà

  1. a cheat or trick

Pronoun

dáya

  1. that

Verb

dáyà

  1. cheat, defraud, swindle, trick

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya.

Noun

dáya

  1. east

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay daya, from Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya.

Adjective

daya

  1. landward
  2. upstream
Derived terms
  • barat daya

Etymology 2

From Malay daya, from Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya.

Noun

daya

  1. power (Electricity supply)

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya.

Adjective

daya

  1. landward
  2. upstream
Derived terms
  • barat daya

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya.

Verb

daya (used in the form mendaya)

  1. to trick (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Noun

daya

  1. trick (something designed to trick)
  2. ability (quality or state of being able)

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya.

Verb

daya

  1. to deceive, to persuade to anything under false pretenses. artifice. trick.

References

  • “Daya” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya.

Verb

daya

  1. cheat