iya

See also: -iþa, iyà, iyā-, íyą́, and į́yą

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• ia — obsolete
• ija — Bohol
• iyaha

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈa/ [ʔɪˈa]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈd͡ʒa/ [ʔɪˈd͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: i‧ya
• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

iyá (Badlit spelling ᜁᜌ)

1. Ergative preposed third-person pronoun: hers; his; its

Determiner

iyá (Badlit spelling ᜁᜌ)

1. her; his; it

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct		Indirect (postposed)		Indirect (preposed)		Oblique
Length		Full	Short*	Full	Short**	Base	Suffixed -a	Full	Short
First	singular	akó	ko	nakò***	ko***	akò	akoa	kanakò	nakò
	plural inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atoa	kanatò	natò
	plural exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amoa	kanamò	namò
Second	singular	ikáw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	kamó	mo	ninyo		inyo	inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siyá		niya		iya	iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	silá		nila		ila	ilaha	kanila	nila
*Forms under this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences **Forms under this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. ***Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• ia (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈa/ [ʔiˈa]
• Hyphenation: i‧ya
• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

iyá

1. ergative preposed third-person pronoun: hers; his; its

Determiner

iya

1. her
2. his
3. it

See also

Hiligaynon personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (sa/ni)		Ergative (preposed)	Oblique (sa)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Full
First	singular	ako	ko*	nakon	ko	akon	sa akon
	plural inclusive	kita		naton	ta	aton	sa aton
	plural exclusive	kami		namon		amon	sa amon
Second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	sa imo
	plural	kamo		ninyo		inyo	sa inyo
Third	singular	siya		niya		iya	sa iya
	plural	sila		nila		ila	sa ila

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ja/

Pronoun

iya

1. he; she

Japanese

Romanization

iya

1. Rōmaji transcription of いや

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ija/

Verb

iya (infinitive kũiya)

1. to steal

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mũici class 1
• ũici class 14

Kwama

Noun

iya

1. water

References

• Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sai.

Pronoun

iya

1. who (interrogative pronoun)

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “iya”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 31
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sai”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Interjection

iya

1. Alternative form of ia.

Murui Huitoto

iya
Root	Classifier
iya-	—

Etymology

From i- (“to exist”) +‎ -ya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈid͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: i‧ya

Noun

iya (uncountable)

1. existence

Declension

Declension of iya

	singular	plural
Absolutive	iya	—
Nominative	iyadɨ	—
Accusative	iyana	—
Dative/Locative	iyamo	—
Ablative	iyamona	—
Instrumental	iyado	—
Causal	iyari	—
Privative	iyanino	—

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 137

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

iya

1. yes

Taushiro

Pronoun

iya

1. father

References

• Casey, Nicholas (2017 December 26) “Thousands Once Spoke His Language in the Amazon. Now, He’s the Only One.”, in The New York Times‎^[3], retrieved 2017-12-26

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ja/

Verb

iya

1. (intransitive) he/she/it goes (somewhere, toward someone/something, or away from someone/something)

   Iyawi uleitaku wi.

   He went to [his] manioc gardens.

   Yeetsipikitsa wi, ja naatsa tipunu kamo han, iye waku wi.

   At dawn, when the tip of the sun appears over the horizon, [the two women] go to the river to bathe.

   Iyapai pausityu ou wi?

   He was going to get his porridge?

   Iyape papwinaku. Iyene, iye neke enikati yiu ... Paaa hamamakatapai ka! ... Iyehene.

   [The Caiman Spirit] is going to his home [returning to the deep water where he dwells]. He is going far out into the river, to its very center... Everything shakes [as he sinks into the water] ... [Then he] is gone.

   Ayiu, ju!

   "Let's go, dear!" [the elder one said to her sister].

   Hoona! Piyiu! uma pakai.

   All right! Go ahead! they said.

   Paa iya onubapai. InaPWIta iyaapa. Aintyehene.

   So he went to [have a] look. [But a] paca had arrived before him, [and] was [already] eating.

   Punupa kaliu, jawa, umapa pakai, punupa kaliu, jawa. Aitsa awojopai iyaapa, umapai. Aintyapai moma ha, amomala. Hain? uma pakai.

   Meeneke ya nunupawi, uma pakai. Iya paukula okaho. Yeekiyene wi.

   "Husband," they said, "there is something you must know. That no-good paca has been eating the calabashes, our calabashes." "Huh?" he said. "I'll see about that right away," he said. "[He] went to get his gun. [It] was dusk.

   Peyu, akaintyawi. Iyapa patukakalu ou wi.

   He stood up from his hammock and went right over to his sister's house.

   Ojonain kala — ka ka ra ku! umapai araukuma kityekojapai yiu. Ayiu yamukunaun, ayiu ayiu ayiu ayiu. Au!! Iyakona waku yi! Opukenejonaun wi.

   When the sun was here (well before dawn), and the cock crowed — ka ka ra ku! [he elders began to call the men from their hammocks]. "Let's go, children! Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!" [The men whooped and called back from their houses.] So they all went to the river. The followers of the chief.

   Iyapai otebwo. Onubene oteboga akain!

   [They] went under [the tree]. They saw piqui fruit [on the ground] beneath [the tree]!

2. (transitive) he/she/it takes (someone or something)

   Iyakona apapa atai. UkuTAkona uku itsenu.

   They're going to take that beast. They're going to shoot him full of arrows.

   Katsa inyaun iyawi nuneetse?

   Who took my necklace?

   Iya opanupei yiu.

   He took her as his wife.

   Ninye numejopei.

   I will marry him [lit., take him as my husband].

3. (transitive) he/she/it approaches (someone or something in respect of some attribute)

   Nejo iya kala — laki-laki inakuapai yi, tya. Itse ipenuwaka kaliuno.

   [He] approached [the size of] that beast in the laki-laki. [He] was monstrous, enormous.

   [Comparing the size of the Caiman Spirit to that of a whale being cut up by arctic hunters, an image the Wauja had seen in a View-Master slide. The Wauja dubbed the View-Master device "laki-laki," in reference to the clicking sound it made.]

4. (transitive) he/she/it grasps, grabs, collects (someone or something)

   Hoona! Aaah ka iya ka papai itsei yiu.

   So! They began to collect firewood.

   Majoju, iya paukuliu. UkuTE iyaapiu.

   Suddenly he went for his gun. He was going to shoot the paca.

References

• Examples uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, and his son Peyeeto, as Aruta recounted the traditional tale, "The Caiman Spirit" (Yakaojokuma): "Iyawi uleitaku" (transcript p. 7), "Yeetsipikitsa wi" (p. 12), "Iyapai pausityu" (p. 21), "Iyape papwinaku" (p. 39), "Ayiu, ju!" (p. 40), "Hoona! Piyiu!" (p. 42), "Paa iya" (p. 43), "Punupa kaliu" (p. 44), "Peyu, akaintyawi" (p. 50), "Ojonain kala" (p. 55), "Iyapai otebwo" (p. 71), "Iyakona apapa atai" (p. 59), "Iya opanupei" (p. 5), "Nejo iya" (p. 18), "Hoona! Aaah" (p. 68), and "Majoju, iya" (p. 45). Recorded in Piyulaga village in the presence of assembled elders and others, November 1989.
• Other examples from E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian ia, Maori ia.

Pronoun

iya

1. he; she; it

See also

ya

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	iya
Brazilian standard	iya
New Tribes	iya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ija]

Interjection

iya

1. I don't know

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iya”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ùyá (chiefly CY and SEY)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ì.já/

Noun

ìyá

1. mother, mom

   Synonyms: iye, màmá, abiyamọ, yèyé, mọ́mì, yè, ìmọ̀mọ́, ìmọ̀ọ́, màámi

   ìyá ni wúrà iyebíye ― One's mother is like priceless gold

2. A term of respect for an elder or a woman of higher rank or importance.
3. The biggest entity in a group, the larger tool in a set. For example, in a group of drums, the largest and central drum is the ìyá (known as the ìyáàlú).

Coordinate terms

• ọmọ

Derived terms

• ọmọ-ìyá (“close friend, sibling”)
• ìyá bàbá (“paternal grandmother”)
• ìyá ọba (“royal mother, mother of the king”)
• ìyá ìkókó (“nursing mother”)
• ìyá ìyá (“maternal grandmother”)
• ìyákíyàá (“bad mother”)
• Ìyálóde (“A senior female chieftancy title”)
• ìyálórìṣà (“An orisha priestess”)
• ìyánífá (“A priestess of Ifa”)

 

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ì.jà/

Noun

ìyà

1. punishment, suffering

Derived terms

• ìyàwó (“wife”)