saya

See also: sāya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog saya, from Spanish saya.

Noun

saya (plural sayas)

1. (Philippines) A skirt.
   • 2022, James Hopper, Caybigan:

     And as she stalked in her long, loose stride toward the dressing-room to readjust her saya, somewhat in distress from the Maestro's last effort, it had suddenly flashed upon him where he had seen her before.

Derived terms

• under the saya

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos).

Noun

saya f (plural sayes)

1. skirt

Synonyms

• falda

Bambara

Noun

saya

1. death

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• sayal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja/, [ˈs̪a.jɐ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

Noun

saya

1. skirt

   Synonym: palda

2. (often humorous) kilt

Verb

saya

1. to wear a skirt

Derived terms

• ander de saya

Etymology 2

Compare sadya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈja/, [s̪ɐˈja]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

Adjective

sayá

1. merry

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:saya.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• sahaya
• saja (pre-1947, 1947-1972)

Etymology

From Malay saya, from Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya). Doublet of sahaya and aye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsä.jä]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ya

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

saya

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Usage notes

• The formal personal pronoun.

Synonyms

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

Japanese

Romanization

saya

1. Rōmaji transcription of さや

Karao

Noun

saya

1. tear; teardrop

Malay

Alternative forms

• sahaya, سهاي, sy

Etymology

From Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya, “follower”) or from Portuguese sou (“I am”) (unofficial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saja/
• Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [säjə]

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

Pronoun

saya (Jawi spelling ساي)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

   Nama saya ...

   My name is ...

See also

• aku / ku (ku- / -ku) / daku
• hamba
• hamba sahaya
• beta

Maranao

Adverb

saya

1. here

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish saya and Portuguese saia and Kabuverdianu saia.

Noun

saya

1. skirt

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish saya.

Noun

saya

1. skirt

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos, or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos). Compare Portuguese saia, French saie.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʝa/ [ˈsa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʝa/ [ˈsa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsaʃa/ [ˈsa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʒa/ [ˈsa.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: sa‧ya

Noun

saya f (plural sayas)

1. (archaic, Cuba) skirt

   Synonyms: falda, pollera, nagua

Descendants

• → Cebuano: saya
• → Moroccan Arabic: صاية (ṣāya)
• → Tagalog: saya

Further reading

• “saya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *sayaq. Compare Kapampangan saya, Masbatenyo sadya, Cebuano sadya, and Hiligaynon sadya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈja/ [sɐˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sa‧ya

Noun

sayá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ)

1. joy; happiness; gladness

   Synonyms: tuwa, katuwaan, galak, kagalakan, ligaya, kaligayahan

2. fun; merriment; festivity

   Synonyms: pagkakatuwa, pagdiriwang

Derived terms

• ikasaya
• ipagsaya
• kasayahan
• magpakasaya
• magpasaya
• magsaya
• makapagsaya
• makasaya
• masaya
• masayahan
• masayahin
• masayang-masaya
• napakasaya
• pagsasaya
• pakikipagsaya
• pampasaya
• pasaya
• pasayahin
• sayahan
• sayahin
• sumaya

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from earlier sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), probably of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaja/ [ˈsa.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: sa‧ya

Noun

saya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ)

1. skirt

   Synonym: palda

Derived terms

• ander de saya
• baro't saya

 

Further reading

• “saya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ja]

Noun

saya

1. a flower

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saja]

Noun

saya

1. mountain

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “saya”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon