niya
التعريفات والمعاني
== Afar ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /niˈja/ [nɪˈjʌ]
Hyphenation: ni‧ya
=== Noun ===
niyá f
wish, will
==== References ====
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75
== Bikol Central ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nya, nia
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ni‧ya
IPA(key): /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]
=== Pronoun ===
niyá
his; her
3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; she
==== See also ====
== Cebuano ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nija — Bohol
nya
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Bisayan *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Central Philippine *(ni-)iya, from Proto-Philippine *ni-iya, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ni‧ya
(Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈnija/ [ˈn̪i.jɐ]
(Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA(key): /ˈnid͡ʒa/ [ˈn̪i.d͡ʒɐ]
=== Determiner ===
níya
(placed after noun) his; her
Synonyms: (placed before noun) iya, iyaha
=== Pronoun ===
níya
him; her
==== See also ====
== Hanunoo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Austronesian *ni ia (“his; her”, 3sg. genitive).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /niˈja/ [niˈa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ni‧ya
=== Pronoun ===
niyá (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜬ)
by him/her
of him/her
his/her
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 199
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
niya
Rōmaji transcription of にや
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nya — superseded, pre-2007
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian *ni-a. Compare Malay -nya (“third person pronoun clitic”), Javanese -ꦤꦺ (-né, “third person pronoun clitic”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /niˈa/ [ˈɲa]
IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /niˈa/ [ˈn̪ja]
Rhymes: -a
(dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈnia/ [ˈn̪iː.ɐ]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: ni‧ya
=== Determiner ===
niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)
his; her
=== Pronoun ===
niyá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌ)
3rd person singular ergative pronoun: he; his
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
“niya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“niya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
=== Anagrams ===
iyan, inay