boya
التعريفات والمعاني
== Asturian ==
=== Noun ===
boya f (plural boyes)
bubble
buoy
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Turkic *boda- (“paint, dye”). Doublet of boyaq.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
boya (definite accusative boyanı, plural boyalar)
color
Synonym: rəng
dye
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
boyamaq, boyalamaq (“to paint”)
boyaçı
== Bangi ==
=== Verb ===
boya
to refuse
== Crimean Tatar ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Turkic *bodog (“paint, dye”).
=== Noun ===
boya (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
paint, pigment
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“boya”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
boy (“bellboy”) + -a (“his/her”, possessive suffix)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbojɒ]
Hyphenation: bo‧ya
=== Noun ===
boya
third-person singular single-possession possessive of boy
==== Declension ====
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
boya
Rōmaji transcription of ぼや
== Lingala ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Bangi boya.
=== Verb ===
-boya (infinitive koboya)
to refuse
== Makasar ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈboja]
=== Verb ===
boya (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨐ, semi-transitive a'boya)
(transitive) to look for
== Sotho ==
=== Verb ===
boya
to return
Synonym: kgutla
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -oʝa
Syllabification: bo‧ya
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Frankish *baukn.
==== Noun ====
boya f (plural boyas)
buoy
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
boya
inflection of boyar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“boya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Portuguese boia.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
boya class V (plural maboya class VI)
buoy
(Mombasa) float used to hold up a fishing net
=== References ===
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish boya.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈboja/ [ˈboː.jɐ]
Rhymes: -oja
Syllabification: bo‧ya
=== Noun ===
boya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌ)
buoy
Synonyms: palutang, bataw
=== Anagrams ===
yabo, aboy, bayo
== Tooro ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /βója/
=== Verb ===
-boya (infinitive okuboya) (intransitive)
to smell good
Coordinate term: -nunka
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -boyera
Long causative: -boyesa
=== References ===
Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 240
Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 27
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya, “paint, dye, color”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (boyaɣ, “dye”), from earlier *boδaɣ, from Proto-Turkic *bodog (“paint, dye”), derived from Proto-Turkic *boda- (“to paint, dye”) (see boya-). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (boduɣ, “dye”), Karakhanid [script needed] (boδoɣ, “dye”), Bashkir буяу (buyaw), Kazakh бояу (boäu), Kyrgyz боё (boyo). Compare Mongolian будаг (budag), a Turkic borrowing. See also the following words, all borrowed from Turkish: Northern Kurdish boyax and Zazaki boye.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bojɑ/
=== Noun ===
boya (definite accusative boyayı, plural boyalar)
color
Synonym: renk
dye
tint, hue
paint
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Northern Kurdish: boyax
→ Zazaki: boye
=== Further reading ===
“boya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “boya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “boya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
== Yoruba ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bọ́yá
=== Etymology ===
From bí + ó + yá
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bó.já/
=== Adverb ===
bóyá
perhaps, maybe