lauya

Hausa

Etymology

From English lawyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /láu.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láu.jàː]

Noun

lauyā̀ m or f (plural lauyōyī, possessed form lauyàn)

1. lawyer

   Synonym: (Niger) àbṑkâ

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• laoya — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish la olla (“the pot; the stew”). Compare Cebuano lauya (“stew”). See also lakwatsa, lamesa, lamesita, lamyerda, and lawulta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈʔuja/ [lɐˈʔuː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -uja
• Syllabification: la‧u‧ya

Noun

lauya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜂᜌ)

1. dish of boiled vegetables and meat in a pot

Derived terms

• ilauya
• ipaglauya
• maglauya
• paglauyahan

See also

• palayok
• putsero

Further reading

• “lauya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “lauya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 620
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 557.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 161: “Coçer) Laoya (pp) C. la olla que [cada dia] ſe come”
  • page 453: “Olla) Laoya (pp) de carne gallina o otra coſa”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 320
• Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 208

Tsou

Noun

lauya

1. maple tree