# aya
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

aya (plural ayas)
* Alternative form of ayah

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

aya (not comparable)
* (archaic, dialect, New England) Yes; yea; aye.
** 1938, Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts, Coward-McCann and Samuel French, published 1965, →ISBN:“The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”
** 2001, David McCullough, John Adams, Simon & Schuster, published 2001, →ISBN:“And for all her reading, her remarkable knowledge of English poetry and literature, she was never to lose certain countrified Yankee patterns of speech, saying 'Canady' for Canada, as an example, using 'set' for sit, or the old New England 'aya,' for yes.”

### Anagrams

* yaa

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *āja.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aya (definite accusative ayanı, plural ayalar)
* (Chambarak) palm of the hand
    Synonyms: ovuc, kəfə

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Bədəlova, Almaz (2023) “aya”, in Qərbi Azərbaycan şivələri lüğəti [Dictionary of "Western Azerbaijan" Dialects] (in Azerbaijani), Ankara: İKSAD, →ISBN, page 26

### Further reading

* “aya” in Obastan.com.

## Biak
### Pronoun

aya
* first person singular pronoun, I

## Chickasaw
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *aya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈja/

### Verb

aya (active and stative)
* (intransitive) to go (I)
* (transitive) to go (somewhere) (I;3)
* (intransitive) to go to the bathroom, defecate (I)
* (intransitive) to walk (in baseball) (I)
* (auxiliary, preceded by II or III subject prefix) to get

#### Usage notes

* Replaced by iyya with Class I subject prefixes (aya used with Class I subject suffix -li).
* Replaced by ayya with Class III or N prefixes.
* The auxiliary is more common in the negative than the affirmative.

#### Inflection

| Verbs beginning with a vowel. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
| 1st-person (I, we) | ayali aya-li | iliyya il-iyya | ilooiyya iloo-iyya |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | ishiyya ish-iyya | hashiyya hash-iyya | hashiyya hash-iyya |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | iyya | (hoo)iyya (hoo-)iyya | (hoo)iyya (hoo-)iyya |
| Verbs in vowel-, b-, or p- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
| 1st-person (I, we) | amayya am-ayya | pomayya pom-ayya | hapomayya hapom-ayya |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | chimayya chim-ayya | hachimayya hachim-ayya | hachimayya hachim-ayya |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | imayya im-ayya | imayya im-ayya | imayya im-ayya |
| Verbs starting with a vowel. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
| 1st-person (I, we) | akayyo ak-ayy-o | kilayyo kil-ayy-o | kilooayyo kiloo-ayy-o |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | chikayyo chik-ayy-o | hachikayyo hachik-ayy-o | hachikayyo hachik-ayy-o |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | ikayyo ik-ayy-o | ik(hoo)ayyo ik-(hoo-)ayy-o | ik(hoo)ayyo ik-(hoo-)ayy-o |

#### Descendants

* Mobilian: aya

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Adverb

aya
* not yet

## Ewe
### Noun

aya
* wind

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

aya (plural aye) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)
* Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Perloz

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔáː.jàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʔáː.jàː]

### Etymology 1

From Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

#### Noun

āyā̀ f (plural āyōyī, possessed form āyàr̃)
* verse (usually of the Qur'an)
* punctuation mark
* pause

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ayā f (possessed form ayar̃)
* tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) (a plant)
* tiger nut (a fruit)

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ajaʔ/
* Hyphenation: a‧ya
* Rhymes: -ajaʔ

### Noun

aya
* uncle (parent's brother)

## Iraqw
### Noun

aya m (plural ayeemoo n)
* village, land, country, neighborhood

### References

* Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9

## Japanese
### Romanization

aya
* Rōmaji transcription of あや

## Jumaytepeque
### Noun

aya
* woman, female

### References

* Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ʔaˈja/ [ʔʌˈja]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ya

### Particle

ayá
* requesting for confirmation, denoting surprise
    A, balat aya di inlako da baw?So it's bananas they're selling, huh? [I sure thought otherwise]
    Aw aya?Yes, is that so?

### See also

* repetition: loman · manen · kasin · abe
* surprise: baw / kambaw · gayam · aya
* emphasis: a · -et · adi · dedan · mon · ay
* certainty: od · ket · ngarud · kadi · yan
* uncertainty: ngata · samet · ngin · kano
* specification: to · -en · pay · anggoy · laeng · koma
* objection: etay · met · et abe · etet · damdama
* concession: kayman · od baw · iman
* explanation: gamin · tomet · gayam · ngay · ya
* request: kod · kay · man · paabe

### References

* Janet L. Allen (1978) “ayá”, in “Kankanaey adjuncts”, in Studies in Philippine Linguistics‎, volume 2, number 1, →ISSN, page 87 of 82-102
* Allen, Larry (2021) “ayá”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Kurudu
### Pronoun

aya
* first person singular pronoun, I

## Laz
### Pronoun

aya
* Latin spelling of აჲა (aya)

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /ajə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ajə/
* Rhymes: -ajə, -jə, -ə

### Noun

aya (Jawi spelling ايا, plural aya-aya, informal 1st possessive ayaku, 2nd possessive ayamu, 3rd possessive ayanya)
* father (male parent)

#### Synonyms

* ayah (ayahanda, yah)
* abah (aba, bah)
* bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
* rama

### Further reading

* “aya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maybrat
### Noun

aya
* water
* river
* oil

### References

* Ajamiseba, Daniel C., August Kafiar & Peter J. Silzer (eds.) (1989) Aam ro Mai Brat [Mai Brat Vocabulary]. Jayapura: Universitas Cenderawasih and Summer Institute of Linguistics, pp. 1–2.
* Dol, Philomena (2007) A Grammar of Maybrat: a Language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia (Pacific Linguistics 586)‎, Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 297

## Olukumi
### Etymology

Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Yoruba aya, ọya, ọyà, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-yà

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.jā/

### Noun

aya
* wife
    Antonym: ọkọ

#### Derived terms

* ayọ́lọ́zà (“queen”)

#### Related terms

* írálé (“co-wife”)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish allá and Portuguese alá.

### Adverb

aya
* there

## Quechua
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Quechuan *aya

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ja/

### Noun

aya
* corpse, deceased, dead person
* (Ayacucho) pale person
    Aya uyayuq sipas kinraypi sayachkan.The lady with the pale face is standing in the corner.

#### Declension

ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my)
singular
plural
nominative
ayaniy
ayaniykuna
accusative
ayaniyta
ayaniykunata
dative
ayaniyman
ayaniykunaman
genitive
ayaniypa
ayaniykunap
locative
ayaniypi
ayaniykunapi
terminative
ayaniykama
ayaniykunakama
ablative
ayaniymanta
ayaniykunamanta
instrumental
ayaniywan
ayaniykunawan
comitative
ayaniynintin
ayaniykunantin
abessive
ayaniyninnaq
ayaniykunannaq
comparative
ayaniyhina
ayaniykunahina
causative
ayaniyrayku
ayaniykunarayku
benefactive
ayaniypaq
ayaniykunapaq
associative
ayaniypura
ayaniykunapura
distributive
ayaniyninka
ayaniykunanka
exclusive
ayaniylla
ayaniykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your)
singular
plural
nominative
ayaniyki
ayaniykikuna
accusative
ayaniykita
ayaniykikunata
dative
ayaniykiman
ayaniykikunaman
genitive
ayaniykipa
ayaniykikunap
locative
ayaniykipi
ayaniykikunapi
terminative
ayaniykikama
ayaniykikunakama
ablative
ayaniykimanta
ayaniykikunamanta
instrumental
ayaniykiwan
ayaniykikunawan
comitative
ayaniykintin
ayaniykikunantin
abessive
ayaniykinnaq
ayaniykikunannaq
comparative
ayaniykihina
ayaniykikunahina
causative
ayaniykirayku
ayaniykikunarayku
benefactive
ayaniykipaq
ayaniykikunapaq
associative
ayaniykipura
ayaniykikunapura
distributive
ayaniykinka
ayaniykikunanka
exclusive
ayaniykilla
ayaniykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its)
singular
plural
nominative
ayanin
ayaninkuna
accusative
ayaninta
ayaninkunata
dative
ayaninman
ayaninkunaman
genitive
ayaninpa
ayaninkunap
locative
ayaninpi
ayaninkunapi
terminative
ayaninkama
ayaninkunakama
ablative
ayaninmanta
ayaninkunamanta
instrumental
ayaninwan
ayaninkunawan
comitative
ayaninintin
ayaninkunantin
abessive
ayaninninnaq
ayaninkunannaq
comparative
ayaninhina
ayaninkunahina
causative
ayaninrayku
ayaninkunarayku
benefactive
ayaninpaq
ayaninkunapaq
associative
ayaninpura
ayaninkunapura
distributive
ayanininka
ayaninkunanka
exclusive
ayaninlla
ayaninkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))
singular
plural
nominative
ayaninchik
ayaninchikkuna
accusative
ayaninchikta
ayaninchikkunata
dative
ayaninchikman
ayaninchikkunaman
genitive
ayaninchikpa
ayaninchikkunap
locative
ayaninchikpi
ayaninchikkunapi
terminative
ayaninchikkama
ayaninchikkunakama
ablative
ayaninchikmanta
ayaninchikkunamanta
instrumental
ayaninchikwan
ayaninchikkunawan
comitative
ayaninchiknintin
ayaninchikkunantin
abessive
ayaninchikninnaq
ayaninchikkunannaq
comparative
ayaninchikhina
ayaninchikkunahina
causative
ayaninchikrayku
ayaninchikkunarayku
benefactive
ayaninchikpaq
ayaninchikkunapaq
associative
ayaninchikpura
ayaninchikkunapura
distributive
ayaninchikninka
ayaninchikkunanka
exclusive
ayaninchiklla
ayaninchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl))
singular
plural
nominative
ayaniyku
ayaniykukuna
accusative
ayaniykuta
ayaniykukunata
dative
ayaniykuman
ayaniykukunaman
genitive
ayaniykupa
ayaniykukunap
locative
ayaniykupi
ayaniykukunapi
terminative
ayaniykukama
ayaniykukunakama
ablative
ayaniykumanta
ayaniykukunamanta
instrumental
ayaniykuwan
ayaniykukunawan
comitative
ayaniykuntin
ayaniykukunantin
abessive
ayaniykunnaq
ayaniykukunannaq
comparative
ayaniykuhina
ayaniykukunahina
causative
ayaniykurayku
ayaniykukunarayku
benefactive
ayaniykupaq
ayaniykukunapaq
associative
ayaniykupura
ayaniykukunapura
distributive
ayaniykunka
ayaniykukunanka
exclusive
ayaniykulla
ayaniykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl))
singular
plural
nominative
ayaniykichik
ayaniykichikkuna
accusative
ayaniykichikta
ayaniykichikkunata
dative
ayaniykichikman
ayaniykichikkunaman
genitive
ayaniykichikpa
ayaniykichikkunap
locative
ayaniykichikpi
ayaniykichikkunapi
terminative
ayaniykichikkama
ayaniykichikkunakama
ablative
ayaniykichikmanta
ayaniykichikkunamanta
instrumental
ayaniykichikwan
ayaniykichikkunawan
comitative
ayaniykichiknintin
ayaniykichikkunantin
abessive
ayaniykichikninnaq
ayaniykichikkunannaq
comparative
ayaniykichikhina
ayaniykichikkunahina
causative
ayaniykichikrayku
ayaniykichikkunarayku
benefactive
ayaniykichikpaq
ayaniykichikkunapaq
associative
ayaniykichikpura
ayaniykichikkunapura
distributive
ayaniykichikninka
ayaniykichikkunanka
exclusive
ayaniykichiklla
ayaniykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their)
singular
plural
nominative
ayaninku
ayaninkukuna
accusative
ayaninkuta
ayaninkukunata
dative
ayaninkuman
ayaninkukunaman
genitive
ayaninkupa
ayaninkukunap
locative
ayaninkupi
ayaninkukunapi
terminative
ayaninkukama
ayaninkukunakama
ablative
ayaninkumanta
ayaninkukunamanta
instrumental
ayaninkuwan
ayaninkukunawan
comitative
ayaninkuntin
ayaninkukunantin
abessive
ayaninkunnaq
ayaninkukunannaq
comparative
ayaninkuhina
ayaninkukunahina
causative
ayaninkurayku
ayaninkukunarayku
benefactive
ayaninkupaq
ayaninkukunapaq
associative
ayaninkupura
ayaninkukunapura
distributive
ayaninkunka
ayaninkukunanka
exclusive
ayaninkulla
ayaninkukunalla :

#### Derived terms

* aya pampanaayachayayawaska

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin avia (“grandmother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaʝa/ [ˈa.ʝa]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝa/ [ˈa.ʝa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃa/ [ˈa.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒa/ [ˈa.ʒa]
* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Syllabification: a‧ya
* Homophones: haya, (ll-y neutralization) halla

### Noun

aya f (plural ayas)
* female equivalent of ayo

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Old Sundanese aya, waya, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“be, exist, no, have”).

### Verb

aya
* to be present, to exist, be there, there is.
    Diditu aya randa. ― There is a widow over there.
    Kamari si amang aya didieu ― Yesterday uncle was here.
* to happen, to occur.
    Aya naon? ― What happens.
    Teu aya nanaon ― Nothing happens.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to be present, to exist”): euweuh (non-polite), teu aya (polite).

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

aya class IX (plural aya class X)
* paragraph
    Synonym: paragrafu
* verse

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21 Nr. 136

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔaja/ [ˈʔaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: a‧ya

#### Noun

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)
* pleasantness of the weather, face, etc.
    Synonyms: aliwalas, kaaliwalasan

##### Derived terms

* di-kaaya-aya
* kaaya-aya
* maaya

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish aya (“governess”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔaja/ [ˈʔaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: a‧ya

#### Noun

aya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)
* governess; caretaker of children
    Synonyms: yaya, ama, sisiwa

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔajaʔ/ [ˈʔaː.jɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ajaʔ
* Syllabification: a‧ya

#### Noun

ayà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ)
* Alternative form of yaya

##### Derived terms

* ayain

## Ternate
### Etymology

Probably from Classical Malay ايق (ayak) (cf. ayak), the stem of مڠايق (mengayak, “to sieve”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.ja]

### Verb

aya
* (transitive) to sift

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آیا, from Proto-Turkic *hāya, *āja (“palm (of hand)”).

#### Noun

aya (definite accusative ayayı, plural ayalar)
* palm (of hand)

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
aya
ayalar
definite accusative
ayayı
ayaları
dative
ayaya
ayalara
locative
ayada
ayalarda
ablative
ayadan
ayalardan
genitive
ayanın
ayaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
ayam
ayalarım
2nd singular
ayan
ayaların
3rd singular
ayası
ayaları
1st plural
ayamız
ayalarımız
2nd plural
ayanız
ayalarınız
3rd plural
ayaları
ayaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
ayamı
ayalarımı
2nd singular
ayanı
ayalarını
3rd singular
ayasını
ayalarını
1st plural
ayamızı
ayalarımızı
2nd plural
ayanızı
ayalarınızı
3rd plural
ayalarını
ayalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
ayama
ayalarıma
2nd singular
ayana
ayalarına
3rd singular
ayasına
ayalarına
1st plural
ayamıza
ayalarımıza
2nd plural
ayanıza
ayalarınıza
3rd plural
ayalarına
ayalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
ayamda
ayalarımda
2nd singular
ayanda
ayalarında
3rd singular
ayasında
ayalarında
1st plural
ayamızda
ayalarımızda
2nd plural
ayanızda
ayalarınızda
3rd plural
ayalarında
ayalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
ayamdan
ayalarımdan
2nd singular
ayandan
ayalarından
3rd singular
ayasından
ayalarından
1st plural
ayamızdan
ayalarımızdan
2nd plural
ayanızdan
ayalarınızdan
3rd plural
ayalarından
ayalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
ayamın
ayalarımın
2nd singular
ayanın
ayalarının
3rd singular
ayasının
ayalarının
1st plural
ayamızın
ayalarımızın
2nd plural
ayanızın
ayalarınızın
3rd plural
ayalarının
ayalarının :

#### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

aya
* dative singular of ay

## Yale
### Noun

aya
* father

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ọyà

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Olukumi aya, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.jā/, /ā.jà/

#### Noun

aya or ayà
* wife
    Synonyms: abilekọ, ìyàwó
    Antonym: ọkọ

##### Notes

* The form ayà is used by speakers of Central Yoruba dialects. Other speakers of Central Yoruba and Northeast Yoruba dialects use the form ọyà

##### Derived terms

* aláya (“married man”)
* ayaba (“queen, royal wife”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.jà/

#### Noun

àyà
* chest
* (by extension) lungs, heart
    Synonyms: ọkàn, ẹ̀dọ̀
* (idiomatic) bravery, courage
    Synonyms: akin, ògbójú

##### Derived terms

* aláyà (“brave person”)
* fòyà (“to become nervous”)
* gbóyà (“to be mature, to be courageous”)
* igbá-àyà (“sternum”)
* àyà-títa (“heartburn”)
* ìgboyà (“courage”)
* ìgbóná-àyà (“heartburn”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.já/

#### Noun

àyá
* (literally) same time in the past year
* (by extension) anniversary
    Synonyms: àyájọ́, ayẹyẹ

##### Derived terms

* àyájọ́ (“anniversary”)

### References

* ↑ Crowther, Samuel (1852) A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language‎, London: Seeleys, page 55

## Yupiltepeque
### Etymology

Cognate to Jumaytepeque aya, Jutiapa aiya, Chiquimulilla aʔyāj, Sinacantán ayala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aja/

### Noun

aya
* woman

#### See also

* jumu (“man”)

### References

* Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
* Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

## Zazaki
### Pronoun

aya
* she