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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guía

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡija/ [ˈɡi.ja]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧ya

Noun

gíya (Basahan spelling ᜄᜒᜌ)

  1. guide (a person giving directions or advice)
  2. guidance
  3. manual (set of instructions)
    Synonym: manuwal

Derived terms

  • giyahan
  • maggiya

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

giyā̀ f (possessed form giyàr̃)

  1. (originally) native beer
  2. any alcoholic beverage

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gear.

Noun

giyā̀ f (possessed form giyàr̃)

  1. gear

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

giya m

  1. grass

Salar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /qɨje/, /qejɑ/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /qijɑ/

Adjective

giya

  1. oblique, slanting, tilted, crooked

Derived terms

  • giyalı (zigzag)

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “giya”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 466
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “giya”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 99
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “giya”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 105,106

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guía.

Pronunciation

Noun

giya (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜌ)

  1. guide
    Synonyms: gabay, patnubay
  2. guiding
    Synonyms: paggiya, pagpatnubay
  3. pointers; instructions to follow
    Synonyms: tuntunin, panuntunan
  4. manual
    Synonyms: manwal, palatuntunan

Derived terms

  • giyahan
  • gumiya
  • igiya
  • maggiya
  • paggiya

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-giya?

  1. to rejoice

Inflection

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Zulu

Verb

-gîya

  1. to dance

Inflection

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