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Kaya

Kaya

See also: kaya

Turkish

Proper noun

Kaya

  1. A male given name which means "rock".
  2. A surname.

Declension

kaya

kaya

See also: Kaya

English

Noun

kaya (plural kayas)

  1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
  2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

Etymology 2

Noun

kaya (uncountable)

  1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.

Aguaruna

Noun

kaya

  1. stone

Jarawa

Noun

kaya

  1. mother

Ladino

Interjection

kaya

  1. Be quiet! shut up!

Malay

Adjective

kaya

  1. rich, wealthy

Noun

kaya

  1. a jam made from coconut milk, eggs, pandan leaves and sugar.

Nyunga

Alternative forms

kaia (in Minang dialect)

Interjection

kaya

  1. hello

Particle

kaya

  1. yes
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Papiamentu

Noun

kaya

  1. street

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (able; to be able) IPA(key): /ˈkaːɪa/
  • (so) IPA(key): /kaˈɪa/
  • (for emphasis) IPA(key): /kaˈɪaʔ/

Adjective

kaya

  1. Able.
    Kaya natin ito!
    We can do this!

Conjunction

kaya

  1. So, for cause and effect.
    Marami siyang ginawang trabaho kaya pag-uwi niya'y nakatulog siya agad.
    He'd done a lot of work so as soon as he got home, he fell asleep instantly.

See also

  • kaya lang
  • kaya pala
  • para

Interjection

kaya

  1. (informal) Expression for emphasis.
    Lagi mong iniisip na pangit ka. Maganda ka kaya.
    You always think you're ugly. You're very pretty, you know.

See also

Verb

kaya

  1. To be able to; to strive to.
    Kinakaya ng magtataho na magbuhat ng dalawang baldeng puno ng taho.
    The taho vendor forces himself to carry two full pails of soybean.

Conjugation

See also


Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kaya, rock), from Proto-Turkic *K(i)aja (rock, mountain).[1] Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (rock) (Mongolian хад (had, large rock, cliff)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (rock) (Evenki кадага (kadaɣa, rock, cliff)), however Old Turkic -j- instead of the expected -d- is baffling, EDAL suggests Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, rock) is perhaps a borrowing from some archaic "j-dialect"[2] such as Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak languages where regular d→δ→j evolution took place. Or perhaps a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koǝjǝ (mountain) (see Helimski 1995).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka'ja]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ya

Noun

kaya (definite accusative kayayı, plural kayalar)

  1. huge rock; large rock mass
  2. rock cliff, rock precipice, palisade

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *K(i)aja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *kadV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill