roya

See also: Roya and rōya

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch royeren (“to discharge”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈroja/ [ˈro.ja]
• Rhymes: -oja
• Syllabification: ro‧ya

Noun

roya (plural roya-roya)

1. (business, law) discharge of mortgage, hypothec cancellation: removing a legal mortgage or hypothec from a property

Derived terms

• diroya
• meroya

Further reading

• “roya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈroʝa/ [ˈro.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈroʝa/ [ˈro.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈroʃa/ [ˈro.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈroʒa/ [ˈro.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: ro‧ya

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aragonese roya, feminine of royo, from Latin rubeus. Doublet of rubio.

Noun

roya f (uncountable)

1. Plant rust or blight

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roya

1. inflection of roer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “royo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• rayo