"-ya" meaning in Quechua

See -ya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|qu|suffix}} -ya
  1. Transformative suffix: to become. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ya-qu-suffix-ExdPVka1 Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Quechua entries with incorrect language header, Quechua links with redundant target parameters
     
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ya",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Quechua",
  "lang_code": "qu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 14 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Quechua entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Quechua links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tuta (“night, darkness”) → tutayay (“to become dark”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "unu (“water, liquid”) → unuyay (“to become liquid ＝ to melt”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Transformative suffix: to become."
      ],
      "id": "en--ya-qu-suffix-ExdPVka1",
      "links": [
        [
          "Transformative",
          "transformative#English"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ya"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ya",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Quechua",
  "lang_code": "qu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 14 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quechua entries with incorrect language header",
        "Quechua lemmas",
        "Quechua links with redundant target parameters",
        "Quechua suffixes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tuta (“night, darkness”) → tutayay (“to become dark”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "unu (“water, liquid”) → unuyay (“to become liquid ＝ to melt”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Transformative suffix: to become."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Transformative",
          "transformative#English"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ya"
}

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