alaye
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Eastern Arrernte[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Interjection[edit]
alaye
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
alaye
References[edit]
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + là (“to open, to expand”) + yé (“to understand”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
àlàyé
Etymology 2[edit]
From oní- (“one who has”) + ayé (“life”), literally “one who possesses life”.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aláyé
- (colloquial, slang) powerful or impactful person
- (colloquial, slang) thug
- (Internet, text messaging, criminal slang) a code word used by scammers to reveal themselves to each other
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Eastern Arrernte lemmas
- Eastern Arrernte interjections
- Eastern Arrernte nouns
- aer:Landforms
- aer:Oceans
- Yoruba terms prefixed with a-
- Yoruba compound terms
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba terms prefixed with oni-
- Yoruba colloquialisms
- Yoruba slang
- yo:Internet
- Yoruba text messaging slang
- yo:Crime
- Yoruba criminal slang