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suya

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English

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Suya takeaway

Etymology

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Borrowed from Hausa suya.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suya (plural suyas)

  1. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.
    • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 186:
      Elizabeth started eating her suya, her eyes on my face.

Anagrams

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Asturian

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Adjective

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suya

  1. feminine singular of suyu

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈsu.jaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: su‧ya

Adjective

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suyà (plural suruya, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. annoyed; irritated;
    Synonym: uyam
  2. contemptuous
    Synonym: sugrot
  3. exasperated; vexed
    Synonym: bangit
  4. bored; fed up
    Synonyms: sawa, umoy
  5. irksome; irked
    Synonym: simpil
  6. disgusted (for food)
    Synonyms: baldi, sikmol

Derived terms

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Hokkien (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈs̪u.jɐʔ]

Verb

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suyà (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. to envy; to begrudge
    Synonym: igi
  2. to resent
    Synonyms: agrabyo, ligutgot

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /súː.jàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.jàː]

Noun

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sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)

  1. suya (kebab)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa]

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: su‧ya

Determiner

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suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo
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Spanish possessive determiners
possessor preposed postposed or standalone
singular
possessee
plural
possessee
singular possessee plural possessee
masculine feminine masculine feminine
first person singular mi mis mío mía míos mías
plural (same as postposed/standalone) nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
second person
(informal)
singular tu tus tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas
plural (same as postposed/standalone) vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
third person su sus suyo suya suyos suyas

Pronoun

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suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo
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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hokkien (soe--a!, how unlucky!).[1] Compare Bikol Central suya and Cebuano suya.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suyà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. surfeit; condition of being fed to satiety or excess
    Synonyms: sawa, pagkasawa, tusing, pagkatusing, suklam
  2. annoyance; condition of being fed up
    Synonyms: yamot, pagkayamot, inis, pagkainis, susot, bagot

Derived terms

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Adjective

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suyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. fed to satiety or excess
    Synonym: sawa
  2. fed up; annoyed; disgusted
    Synonyms: inis, yamot, naiinis, nayayamot

References

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  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133

Further reading

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  • suya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

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Súyà pẹ̀lú ègé àlùbọ́sà

Etymology

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From Hausa sūyā̀.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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súyà

  1. suya