pya

See also: py'a, pyá, and pyà

English

Etymology

From Burmese ပြား (pra:).

Noun

pya (plural pyas)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
2. (historical) A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, Yap, pay, yap

Japanese

Romanization

pya

1. The hiragana syllable ぴゃ (pya) or the katakana syllable ピャ (pya) in Hepburn romanization.

Luba-Kasai

Adjective

pya

1. new

Lutuv

Verb

pya

1. to leave

Ngkoth

Noun

pya

1. stomach

References

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pya.

Noun

pya m (plural pyas)

1. pya

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pya	pyaul	pyas	pyasi
genitive-dative	pya	pyaului	pyas	pyaslor
vocative	pyaule		pyaslor

References

• pya in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́à.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

-pya (declinable)

1. new, fresh, recent

Declension

Inflected forms of -pya

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mpya	wapya
m-mi class(III/IV)	mpya	mipya
ji-ma class(V/VI)	jipya	mapya
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kipya	vipya
n class(IX/X)	mpya	mpya
u class(XI)	mpya	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	papya
ku class(XVII)	kupya
mu class(XVIII)	mpya

Antonyms

• -a kale

Derived terms

• upya

Tumbuka

Alternative forms

• -phya

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́à

Adjective

-pya

1. new

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́a (“to burn”).

Verb

-pya (infinitive kupya)

1. (intransitive) to burn
2. to be burnt
3. to be cooked, to be ripe

Derived terms

• cipya (“high grasslands on mountains”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 112

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́a (“be burnt”).

Verb

-pya (infinitive kupya)

1. to burn (being destroyed by fire or something hot or chemicals)
   1. (by extension) (food) to be ready, to be cooked

   Synonym: -joca

References

• Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
• Chauncy Maples, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1888), Yao-English Vocabulary‎^[3], Universities' Mission Press, page 90
• Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎^[4], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 286

Yinwum

Noun

pya

1. liver

References

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411