hoya

See also: Hoya

English

Hoya bella

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hoya (plural hoyas)

1. Any plant of the genus Hoya

Translations

plant of the genus Hoya — see waxflower

Anagrams

• ahoy

Japanese

Romanization

hoya

1. Rōmaji transcription of ホヤ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• hooya

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuhoiya as an equivalent of English pray in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kuvoiya as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːja/

This o is pronounced long.

Verb

hoya (infinitive kũhoya)

1. to ask for, to beg for

   kũhoya ũhoro ― to ask for information

   kũhoya ũhoro wa ― to ask about

2. to pray

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mũhoi class 1

(Proverbs)

• ngi ndĩhoyagwo thakame
• ng'aragu ndĩhoyagwo ũhoro

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fovea. Doublet of fóvea.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃa/ [ˈo.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒa/ [ˈo.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: ho‧ya
• Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) olla

Noun

hoya f (plural hoyas)

1. pit
2. grave

Related terms

• hoyo

 

Further reading

• “hoya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-hoya^?

1. (transitive) to pay attention to

Inflection

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