adya

Chichewa

Alternative forms

• a'dya

Etymology

From a- (“Class 2 noun prefix”) +‎ dya (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɗʲa/

Noun

adya class 2

1. plural of mdya.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• adiya

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadˈjaʔ/ [ʔɐdˈd͡ʒaʔ], /ʔadˈja/ [ʔɐdˈd͡ʒa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔadˈjaʔ/ [ʔɐd̪ˈjaʔ], (no palatal assimilation) /ʔadˈja/ [ʔɐd̪ˈja]
• Rhymes: -aʔ, -a
• Syllabification: ad‧ya

Noun

adyâ or adyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. protection; protective care or help
2. salvation; redemption or delivery, as from sin, danger, etc.

Derived terms

• iadya
• ipag-adya
• mag-adya

Further reading

• “adya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “adya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

Anagrams

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