diya
English
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Etymology
Noun
diya (plural diyas)
Further reading
Diya (lamp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Bau Bidayuh
Noun
diya
- tortoise (land-dwelling reptile)
Ladino
Alternative forms
Noun
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Maaka
Etymology
A loanword from Kanuri [Term?].
Particle
dìyà
- indicates that something is visible to both the speaker and the hearer
- zùlúm-tò-dìyà — her anus, which is visible to both of us
- The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (2014):
- ʔàa-kè-díɓɓò zùlúm-tò-dìyà tà-kwáadà-ntí-mìnê gè-ʔámmàà
- COND-2sg:MASC-crush:PERV anus-POSS:3sg:FEM-JOINT:VIS 3sg:FEM-throw:TR-ASSERT-OBJ:1pl LOC-water-DEF
- If you crush her anus [that we can both see] she will definitely throw us into the water.
- COND-2sg:MASC-crush:PERV anus-POSS:3sg:FEM-JOINT:VIS 3sg:FEM-throw:TR-ASSERT-OBJ:1pl LOC-water-DEF
- ʔàa-kè-díɓɓò zùlúm-tò-dìyà tà-kwáadà-ntí-mìnê gè-ʔámmàà
References
- The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (2014)