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Suya takeaway

Etymology

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Borrowed from Hausa suya.

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suya (plural suyas)

  1. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.
    • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 186:
      Elizabeth started eating her suya, her eyes on my face.

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Asturian

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Adjective

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suya

  1. feminine singular of suyu

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈsu.jaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: su‧ya

Adjective

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suyà (plural suruya, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. annoyed; irritated;
    Synonym: uyam
  2. contemptuous
    Synonym: sugrot
  3. exasperated; vexed
    Synonym: bangit
  4. bored; fed up
    Synonyms: sawa, umoy
  5. irksome; irked
    Synonym: simpil
  6. disgusted (for food)
    Synonyms: baldi, sikmol

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Hokkien (soe --a!, “how unlucky!”).

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  • Hyphenation: su‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsujaʔ/ [ˈs̪u.jɐʔ]

Verb

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suyà (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. to envy; to begrudge
    Synonym: igi
  2. to resent
    Synonyms: agrabyo, ligutgot

Hausa

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

Noun

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sūyā̀ f (possessed form sūyàr̃)

  1. suya (kebab)

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa]

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: su‧ya

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suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo
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suya f sg

  1. feminine singular of suyo
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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hokkien (soe--a!, how unlucky!).[1] Compare Bikol Central suya and Cebuano suya.

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suyà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. surfeit; condition of being fed to satiety or excess
    Synonyms: sawa, pagkasawa, tusing, pagkatusing, suklam
  2. annoyance; condition of being fed up
    Synonyms: yamot, pagkayamot, inis, pagkainis, susot, bagot

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Adjective

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suyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌ)

  1. fed to satiety or excess
    Synonym: sawa
  2. fed up; annoyed; disgusted
    Synonyms: inis, yamot, naiinis, nayayamot

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  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133

Further reading

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  • suya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

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Súyà pẹ̀lú ègé àlùbọ́sà

Etymology

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From Hausa sūyā̀.

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Noun

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súyà

  1. suya