suya

English
Suya takeaway

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa suya.

Noun

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

Asturian

Adjective

suya

  1. feminine singular of suyu

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: su‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/

Adjective

suyà

  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

Cebuano

Etymology

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

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

Verb

suyà

  1. to envy; to begrudge; to resent

Hausa

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

Noun

sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)

  1. suya (kebab)

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • 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

suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo
    Spanish possessive determiners
possessor preposed postposed or standalone
possessee possessee
singular plural singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
First person: singular: mimismíomíamíosmías
plural: (same as postposed/standalone) nuestronuestranuestrosnuestras
Second person
(informal):		 singular: tutustuyotuyatuyostuyas
plural: (same as postposed/standalone) vuestrovuestravuestrosvuestras
Third person: susussuyosuyasuyossuyas

Pronoun

suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo
    Spanish possessive pronouns
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person míomíamíosmías
Second person tuyotuyatuyostuyas
Third person suyosuyasuyossuyas
pluralFirst person nuestronuestranuestrosnuestras
Second person vuestrovuestravuestrosvuestras
Third person suyosuyasuyossuyas

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: su‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/, [ˈsu.jɐʔ] (noun)
  • IPA(key): /suˈjaʔ/, [sʊˈjaʔ] (adjective)

Noun

suyà

  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

Adjective

suyâ

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

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

Yoruba
Súyà pẹ̀lú ègé àlùbọ́sà

Etymology

From Hausa sūyā̀.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sú.jà/

Noun

súyà

  1. suya
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