# niya
## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niˈja/ [nɪˈjʌ]
* Hyphenation: ni‧ya

### Noun

niyá f
* wish, will

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75

## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* nya, nia

### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ni‧ya
* IPA: /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]

### Pronoun

niyá
* his; her
* 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; she
    Ininom niya an tubig.S/he drank the water.

#### See also
## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* nija — Bohol
* nya

### Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *(ni-)iya, fromProto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ni‧ya
* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ˈnija/ [ˈn̪i.jɐ]
* (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA: /ˈnid͡ʒa/ [ˈn̪i.d͡ʒɐ]

### Determiner

níya
* (placed after noun) his; her
    Synonyms: (placed before noun) iya, iyaha

### Pronoun

níya
* him; her

#### See also
## Hanunoo
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ni ia (“his; her”, 3sg. genitive).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niˈja/ [niˈa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ni‧ya

### Pronoun

niyá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜬ)
* by him/her
* of him/her
* his/her

#### See also

| Person | Number | Direct | Indirect | Oblique |
| First | singular | ako | niko | kangko, kang |
| First | plural inclusive | kita | nita | kanta |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | nimi | kanmi |
| Second | singular | kawo, ka | nimo | kanmo |
| Second | plural | kamo | niyo | kanyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kanya |
| Third | plural | sida | nida | kanda |
* kay
* ni

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* nya — superseded, pre-2007

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a. Compare Malay -nya (“third person pronoun clitic”), Javanese -ꦤꦺ (-né, “third person pronoun clitic”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /niˈa/ [ˈn̪ja]
** Rhymes: -a
* (dialectal) IPA: /ˈnia/ [ˈn̪iː.ɐ]
** Rhymes: -ia
* Syllabification: ni‧ya

### Determiner

niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)
* his; her

### Pronoun

niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)
* 3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; his
    Ininom niya ang tubig./Ang tubig ay ininom niya.S/he drank the water.

#### Derived terms

* aniya

#### See also

| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| First | dual$^1$ | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata |
| First | plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin |
| First & Second | singular | kita$^2$ | kita$^2$ | |
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| Second | plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| Third | plural | sila | nila | kanila |
| $^1$ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog. $^2$ Replaces ko ikaw. |||||

### Further reading

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* “niya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “niya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* iyan, inay