saya
English
Noun
saya (plural sayas)
- (Philippines) A skirt.
- 2022, James Hopper, Caybigan
- And as she stalked in her long, loose stride toward the dressing-room to readjust her saya, somewhat in distress from the Maestro's last effort, it had suddenly flashed upon him where he had seen her before.
- 2022, James Hopper, Caybigan
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos).
Bambara
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaja/, [ˈs̪a.jʌ]
- Hyphenation: sa‧ya
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Compare sadya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈja/, [s̪ʌˈja]
- Hyphenation: sa‧ya
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:saya.
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaja/, [ˈsa.ja]
- Hyphenation: sa‧ya
Pronoun
saya
Usage notes
- The formal personal pronoun.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saja/
- Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [säjə]
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Pronoun
saya (Jawi spelling ساي)
Maranao
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos). Compare Portuguese saia, French saie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʝa/ [ˈsa.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsaʃa/ [ˈsa.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʒa/ [ˈsa.ʒa]
- Rhymes: -aʝa
- Syllabification: sa‧ya
Further reading
- “saya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *sayaq. Compare Kapampangan saya, Masbatenyo sadya, Cebuano sadya, and Hiligaynon sadya.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧ya
- IPA(key): /saˈja/, [sɐˈja]
Noun
sayá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from earlier sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), probably of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈsaja/, [ˈsa.jɐ]
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsa.ja]
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh