kaya

From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).

kaya (plural kayas)

1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

From Malay kaya, from kaya (“rich”).[1]

kaya (uncountable)

1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 125:

     So they ate sliced Chinese white bread [...] spread thickly with sweet brown kaya.

• Yaka

kaya

1. stone

kaya

1. marijuana

kaya

1. to answer, to respond

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.ja]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ya

From Malay kaya (“rich”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya, from Proto-Austronesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Cognate of Tagalog kaya, especially Tagalog may-kaya.

kaya

1. rich, wealthy.
2. (figurative) powerful.

kaya

1. Alternative spelling of kayak (“like, similar”)

• “kaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

kaya

1. Rōmaji transcription of カヤ

kaya (krama kados)

1. like, such as

• caya (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)
• keya
• queya (Súlat Bacúlud)

From ka +‎ ya.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /kəˈja/, [kəˈjä]
• IPA^(key): /kəˈjaʔ/, [kəˈjäʔ] (obsolete)

kaya

1. his; her
2. (colloquial) its

kaya

1. his; her; hers
   • 1617, Francisco Coronel, Arte y reglas de la lengua Pampanga:

     Queta o carin queyá?

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. (colloquial) it

kaya

1. expression to indicate a uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder

   Mangapakananu kaya?

   I wonder what could have happened?

2. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty

   Saling laman o kaya asan bakanitang ipanapunan.

   Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.

3. (informal) expression for emphasis

   Paneng manisip matsura. Tuknangan mu kaya.

   You always think something bad. just stop it, indeed!

kaya

1. Be quiet! shut up!

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya, from Proto-Austronesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Cognate of Tagalog kaya, especially Tagalog may-kaya.

• IPA^(key): /kaja/
• Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a

kaya (Jawi spelling کاي‎ or کايا‎)

1. rich, wealthy

   Keluarga kaya ― Rich family

2. (figurative) powerful

   Tuhan yang Maha Kaya ― Almighty God

• Indonesian: kaya
• → Min Nan: 奎維／奎维 (khe-ûi)

kaya (plural kaya-kaya, informal 1st possessive kayaku, 2nd possessive kayamu, 3rd possessive kayanya)

1. seri kaya, a custard sweet spread made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar.

• “kaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kaia (in Minang dialect)

kaya

1. hello

kaya

1. yes

From Spanish calle.

kaya

1. street, road

kaya

1. tomorrow
2. the next day

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

kaya (n class, plural kaya)

1. village
2. household, homestead

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Compare Malay kaya (“wealth; power”).

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaja/, [ˈka.jɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja, -a

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. ability; capability; competence
2. means; resources; wealth; wherewithal

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. able to do; capable to do

   Kaya natin ito!

   We can do this!

kaya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. ably; in an able manner

• kaya't
• kung kaya
• kanya

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /kaˈjaʔ/, [kɐˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

kayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. so; therefore; hence

   Synonyms: dahil doon, dahil diyan, sa gayon

   Marami siyang ginawang trabaho, kaya pag-uwi niya'y nakatulog siya agad.

   He'd done a lot of work, so as soon as he got home, he fell asleep instantly.

2. as a result; consequently

   Synonyms: samakatwid, anupa't

kayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. expression to indicate a uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder

   Ano kaya ang nangyari?

   What could have happened?

2. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty

   Bumili ka ng karne o kaya ay isda para sa hapunan natin.

   Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.

3. (informal) expression for emphasis

   Lagi mong iniisip na pangit ka. Maganda ka kaya.

   You always think you're ugly. You're very pretty, indeed!

• Hyphenation: ka‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈkajaʔ/, [ˈka.jɐʔ]

kayà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ)

1. (archaic) any hunting equipment
2. (archaic) act of hunting for crocodiles in the river or for a man hiding in the mountain.

• “kaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Cognate with Zulu ikhaya.

kaya class 5 (plural makaya class 6)

1. home

From Ottoman Turkish قیا‎ (kaya), قایا‎ (kaya, “rock”), from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, mountain”).[1] Possibly akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) (Mongolian хад (xad, “large rock, cliff”)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”) (Evenki кадага (kadaga, “rock, cliff”)), (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) however Old Turkic -y- instead of the expected -d- is baffling, EDAL suggests Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, “rock”) is perhaps a borrowing from some archaic "y-dialect"[2] such as Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak languages where regular d→δ→y evolution took place. Helimski (1995)[3] suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (“mountain”).

• IPA^(key): [kaˈja]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ya

kaya (definite accusative kayayı, plural kayalar)

1. huge rock; large rock mass
2. rock cliff, rock precipice, palisade