nyoa

== Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Verb === -nyoa (infinitive kunyoa) to shave, to cut hair ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Passive: -nyolewa (“to be shaven”) Nominal derivations: kinyozi (“barber”) == Ternate == === Etymology === According to de Clercq (pg. 352), this is an unidentified loan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲo.a/ === Noun === nyoa the rays (Batoidea) === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh