lunya

Swazi

Noun

lúnya class 11

1. meanness
2. strictness
3. callousness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lonya, lunia — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• luniya

Etymology

Possible back-formation from kalunya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lunˈjaʔ/ [lʊˈɲaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /lunˈjaʔ/ [lʊn̪ˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lun‧ya

Noun

lunyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ) (obsolete)

1. concubinage

   Synonyms: agulo, bihasa

Derived terms

• kalunyain
• magkalunya

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 50: “Amançebarſe) Lunia (pp) el o ella”