zuriya

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic ذُرِّيَّة (ḏurriyya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zù.rí.jàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [zɪ̀.rɪ́.jàː]

Noun[edit]

zùr̃iyā̀ f (plural zur̃iyōyī, possessed form zùr̃iyàr̃)

  1. progeny, descendant

Murui Huitoto[edit]

zuriya
Root Classifier
zuriya- —

Etymology[edit]

From zuri- (“to sing badly”) +‎ -ya.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈθuɾid͡ʒa]
  • Hyphenation: zu‧ri‧ya

Noun[edit]

zuriya (uncountable)

  1. (by birds) bad singing
  2. (by birds) bad omen

Declension[edit]

Declension of zuriya
singular plural
Absolutive zuriya —
Nominative zuriyadɨ —
Accusative zuriyana —
Dative/Locative zuriyamo —
Ablative zuriyamona —
Instrumental zuriyado —
Causal zuriyari —
Privative zuriyanino —

References[edit]

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 514
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