"aya" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /ā.jā/, /ā.jà/ Forms: aya [canonical], ayà [canonical]
Etymology: Cognate with Igala ọ́yà, Ifè aya, Olukumi aya, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà Etymology templates: {{cog|igl|ọ́yà}} Igala ọ́yà, {{cog|ife|aya}} Ifè aya, {{cog|ulb|aya}} Olukumi aya, {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*ɔ́-yà}} Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=aya|head2=}} aya, {{yo-pos|noun|aya|}} aya, {{yo-noun|aya}} aya, {{head|yo|noun|head=ayà|head2=}} ayà, {{yo-pos|noun|ayà|}} ayà, {{yo-noun|ayà}} ayà
  1. wife Synonyms: abilekọ, ìyàwó Derived forms: aláya (english: married man), ayaba (english: queen, royal wife)
    Sense id: en-aya-yo-noun-nVKjyOTW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ọyà
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /à.jà/ Forms: àyà [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=àyà|head2=}} àyà, {{yo-pos|noun|àyà|}} àyà, {{yo-noun|àyà}} àyà
  1. chest
    Sense id: en-aya-yo-noun-fKDXAZFY
  2. (by extension) lungs, heart Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: ọkàn, ẹ̀dọ̀
    Sense id: en-aya-yo-noun-rPRIWxRh Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 0 98 0 2 0 Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 69 10 15 2
  3. (idiomatic) bravery, courage Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Body, Family Synonyms: akin, ògbójú
    Sense id: en-aya-yo-noun-fh6MKG2j Disambiguation of Body: 0 0 2 97 1 0 Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 2 97 1 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ọyà Derived forms: aláyà (english: brave person), fòyà (english: to become nervous), gbóyà (english: to be mature, to be courageous), igbá-àyà (english: sternum), àyà-títa (english: heartburn), ìgboyà (english: courage), ìgbóná-àyà (english: heartburn)
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /à.já/ Forms: àyá [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=àyá|head2=}} àyá, {{yo-pos|noun|àyá|}} àyá, {{yo-noun|àyá}} àyá
  1. (literally) same time in the past year Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-aya-yo-noun-IqYma6nq
  2. (by extension) anniversary Tags: broadly Synonyms: àyájọ́, ayẹyẹ
    Sense id: en-aya-yo-noun-QMEr2cPh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ọyà Derived forms: àyájọ́ (english: anniversary)
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for aya meaning in Yoruba (5.0kB)

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      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.já/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ọyà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aya"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Yoruba dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.