dya

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɗʲa/

Verb

-dya (infinitive kudyá)

1. eat

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-dyá (infinitive kudyá)

1. to eat

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Univerbation of de +‎ ia, from English here. Compare Jamaican Creole ya.

Adverb

dya

1. here (in, on, or at this place)
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[2], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     a dea

     [A dya.]

     Here it is.

2. here, hither (to this place)
   • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎^[3], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, retrieved 20 March 2021:

     Odi mijn heer hoe fa joe tan gran tanki fo myn heer a komi ja^{[sic – meaning kom ija]} fo loeke da pranasie wan trom.

     [Odi mijnheer, fa yu tan? Grantangi fu mijnheer [taki] a kon dya fu luku a pranasi wan tron.]

     Good day, Sir, how are you? Many thanks to Sir, [that] he has come here to look at the plantation on this occasion.

Derived terms

• dyaso

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

dya

1. to eat