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See also: RYA

English

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Etymology

From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).

Noun

rya (plural ryas)

  1. A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
    • 2008, Kirsti Salo-Mattila, “Chapter 12: Transformations in the Art of Rya Making”, in Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, editor, Reinventing Art of Everyday Making, Peter Lang, page 217:
      People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists.

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Franco-Provençal

Noun

rya (Fribourgeois)

  1. alternative form of roua (“wheel”)

References

  • roue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

Herero

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

rya

  1. to eat

Japanese

Romanization

rya

  1. The hiragana syllable りゃ (rya) or the katakana syllable リャ (rya) in Hepburn romanization.

Mwani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-rya (infinitive kurya)

  1. to eat

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-ryá (infinitive kuryá, perfective -rîye)

  1. to eat

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

rya c

  1. rya
  2. (dated) alternative form of ryd (“forest clearing”)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: rya
  • → Finnish: ryijy

References

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