"donya" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdonja/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈd̪oː.ɲɐ] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈdonja/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈd̪on̪.jɐ] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: ᜇᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -onja Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish doña, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Compare Indonesian nona. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|es|doña}} Borrowed from Spanish doña, {{der|tl|la-lat|domna}} Late Latin domna, {{der|tl|la|domina}} Latin domina, {{cog|id|nona}} Indonesian nona Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} donya (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)
  1. (archaic) madam; lady Tags: archaic Synonyms: ginang, binibini, gining, senyora, madam
    Sense id: en-donya-tl-noun-GVZc9whs Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 48 13 19 20
  2. (archaic) mistress (woman of authority) Tags: archaic Synonyms: senyora, ama
    Sense id: en-donya-tl-noun-nytaPz23
  3. (archaic) a distinguished Spanish woman Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-donya-tl-noun-iy4ZGllK Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 8 30 57 6 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 11 32 48 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 24 25 32 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 9 30 54 7
  4. (derogatory, colloquial) woman that hates work; undesirable mistress Tags: colloquial, derogatory Synonyms: senyora, prinsesa, senyorita, donyeta
    Sense id: en-donya-tl-noun-zD-PnRWu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: don, Donya, donya klara, donyeta
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish doña, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Compare Indonesian nona.",
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      "form": "ᜇᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ",
      "tags": [
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  "hyphenation": [
    "don‧ya"
  ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        },
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        }
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        "(archaic) mistress (woman of authority)"
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        "a distinguished Spanish woman"
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        "(archaic) a distinguished Spanish woman"
      ],
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        "woman that hates work; undesirable mistress"
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        [
          "woman",
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        [
          "work",
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          "word": "senyora"
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        {
          "word": "prinsesa"
        },
        {
          "word": "senyorita"
        },
        {
          "word": "donyeta"
        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈdonja/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪oː.ɲɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdonja/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪on̪.jɐ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "donya"
}
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    "Tagalog lemmas",
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    }
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      "form": "ᜇᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    {
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        "don‧ya"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "don"
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    {
      "word": "Donya"
    },
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      "word": "donya klara"
    },
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      "word": "donyeta"
    }
  ],
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          "lady",
          "lady"
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        "(archaic) madam; lady"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ginang"
        },
        {
          "word": "binibini"
        },
        {
          "word": "gining"
        },
        {
          "word": "senyora"
        },
        {
          "word": "madam"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
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        "Tagalog terms with archaic senses"
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        "mistress (woman of authority)"
      ],
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          "woman",
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        "(archaic) mistress (woman of authority)"
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Tagalog terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        "a distinguished Spanish woman"
      ],
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        "(archaic) a distinguished Spanish woman"
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman that hates work; undesirable mistress"
      ],
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        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
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        [
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        "(derogatory, colloquial) woman that hates work; undesirable mistress"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "senyora"
        },
        {
          "word": "prinsesa"
        },
        {
          "word": "senyorita"
        },
        {
          "word": "donyeta"
        }
      ],
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        "derogatory"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdonja/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪oː.ɲɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdonja/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪on̪.jɐ]",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "donya"
}

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