zuriya

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذُرِّيَّة (ḏurriyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zù.rí.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [zɪ̀.rɪ́.jàː]

Noun

zùr̃iyā̀ f (plural zur̃iyōyī, possessed form zùr̃iyàr̃)

1. progeny, descendant

Murui Huitoto

zuriya
Root	Classifier
zuriya-	—

Etymology

From zuri- (“to sing badly”) +‎ -ya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθuɾid͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: zu‧ri‧ya

Noun

zuriya (uncountable)

1. (by birds) bad singing
2. (by birds) bad omen

Declension

Declension of zuriya

	singular	plural
Absolutive	zuriya	—
Nominative	zuriyadɨ	—
Accusative	zuriyana	—
Dative/Locative	zuriyamo	—
Ablative	zuriyamona	—
Instrumental	zuriyado	—
Causal	zuriyari	—
Privative	zuriyanino	—

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 514