miya

See also: Miya and miyã

English

Etymology

From Japanese 宮(みや) (miya).

Noun

miya (plural miyas or miya)

1. (obsolete) A Japanese shrine.
   • 1878, N. McLeod, Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan, page 52:

     In the great matsuris or religious festivals […] the Samurais' wives and families may be seen holding these festivals at the miyas where the harlots worship and mixing freely in the crowd amongst them.

Anagrams

• Yami, Yima, IYAM

Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mìjá]

Noun

mìya

1. mother

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• miha

Verb

miya (active)

1. to say about oneself
2. to mean
3. they say (used at the end of phrases when telling traditional accounts/stories)

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	miyali miya-li	iimiya / iliimiya / liimiya ii-miya / ilii-miya / lii-miya	iloomiya iloo-miya
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishmiya ish-miya	hashmiya hash-miya
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	miya	(hoo)miya (hoo-)miya

Hausa

Tuwon shinkafa da miyar taushe. (Rice porridge with sorrel stew.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

miyā̀ f (possessed form miyàr̃)

1. a kind of sauce or stew made with various meats and vegetables, eaten alongside tuwo

Japanese

Romanization

miya

1. Rōmaji transcription of みや

Kamba

Pronoun

miya

1. he or she

Masbatenyo

Noun

miyà

1. cat

Surigaonon

Noun

miyá

1. cat

Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pontic Greek μυία (myía).

Noun

miya

1. (dialect, Rize) small fly (animal)

   Synonym: kör sinek

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adjective

miya

1. (dialect, Çorum) lazy

References

“miya”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹńi (“brain”).

Noun

miya (plural miyalar)

1. (anatomy) brain

Declension

Declension of miya

	singular	plural
nominative	miya	miyalar
genitive	miyaning	miyalarning
dative	miyaga	miyalarga
definite accusative	miyani	miyalarni
locative	miyada	miyalarda
ablative	miyadan	miyalardan
similative	miyadek	miyalardek

Possessive forms of miya

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	miyam	miyalarim
genitive	miyamning	miyalarimning
dative	miyamga	miyalarimga
definite accusative	miyamni	miyalarimni
locative	miyamda	miyalarimda
ablative	miyamdan	miyalarimdan
similative	miyamdek	miyalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	miyang	miyalaring
genitive	miyangning	miyalaringning
dative	miyangga	miyalaringga
definite accusative	miyangni	miyalaringni
locative	miyangda	miyalaringda
ablative	miyangdan	miyalaringdan
similative	miyangdek	miyalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	miyasi	miyalari
genitive	miyasining	miyalarining
dative	miyasiga	miyalariga
definite accusative	miyasini	miyalarini
locative	miyasida	miyalarida
ablative	miyasidan	miyalaridan
similative	miyasidek	miyalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	miyamiz	miyalarimiz
genitive	miyamizning	miyalarimizning
dative	miyamizga	miyalarimizga
definite accusative	miyamizni	miyalarimizni
locative	miyamizda	miyalarimizda
ablative	miyamizdan	miyalarimizdan
similative	miyamizdek	miyalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	miyangiz	miyalaringiz
genitive	miyangizning	miyalaringizning
dative	miyangizga	miyalaringizga
definite accusative	miyangizni	miyalaringizni
locative	miyangizda	miyalaringizda
ablative	miyangizdan	miyalaringizdan
similative	miyangizdek	miyalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	miyasi	miyalari
genitive	miyasining	miyalarining
dative	miyasiga	miyalariga
definite accusative	miyasini	miyalarini
locative	miyasida	miyalarida
ablative	miyasidan	miyalaridan
similative	miyasidek	miyalaridek

Wandala

Pronoun

míyà

1. we (inclusive)

See also

• ŋre (“we”) (exclusive)

References

• Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (2012) “miya”, in A Grammar of Wandala, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN

Wanyi

Noun

miya

1. snake

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)