oya

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oya"

Alabama

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean [Term?]. Cognate with Choctaw yʋla, Koasati okyaala. Compare also Creek ēwvkatv.

Noun

oya

1. A screwworm (larva).

Related terms

• oyaachi

References

• Cora Sylestine; Heather K.Hardy; Timothy Montler (1993), “oya”, in Alabama Dictionary (digital republishing of Dictionary of the Alabama Language), University of North Texas, published 2004

Japanese

Romanization

oya

1. Rōmaji transcription of おや.

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuoiya as an equivalent of English pick (up) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔja/

Verb

oya (infinitive kuoya)

1. to pick

   Mũgambo ũrĩ kũgũa thĩ nduoyagwo; woyagwo na ũngĩ.

   A falling voice is not picked up (by the speaker), but by others.

2. to lift

   Yaarĩĩkia kuuga ũgwo ĩkĩoya magũrũ.

   When he [a hyena (hiti)] had said that he started off. (lit. it just finished saying so lifted feet.)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

(to pick):

• thutha wa arũme nduoyagwo ruoya

(to lift):

• kamũingĩ koyaga ndĩrĩ

Malawi Lomwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀gɪ̀a.

Infinitive

oya

1. infinitive of -ya.

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

Particle

oya

1. alternative spelling of wwaya (“no”)

Etymology 2

Particle

oya

1. alternative spelling of honya (“there”)

Further reading

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982), Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[1], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

Tatar

Noun

oya

1. nest

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈja/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اویا (oya, “pinking”), from Greek ούγια (oúgia, “sheepskin; fringe, edge”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ᾤα (ōía, “sheepskin; border, fringe of a garment”).

Noun

oya (definite accusative oyayı, plural oyalar)

1. pinking, any kind of needlework or embroidery with scalloped edges made as a border or insertion

Declension

Declension of oya

	singular	plural
nominative	oya	oyalar
definite accusative	oyayı	oyaları
dative	oyaya	oyalara
locative	oyada	oyalarda
ablative	oyadan	oyalardan
genitive	oyanın	oyaların

Derived terms

• oya ağacı
• oya çiçeği
• oya gibi
• oyacı
• oyalamak
• oyalanmak
• oyalı

Further reading

• “oya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “oya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “oya1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3654
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “oya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Tietze, Andreas (2002, 2009), “oya”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume VI, Istanbul, Vienna, page 184

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

oya

1. dative singular of oy