гуя

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡujɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ujɐ
  • Syllabification(key): гу‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): гуя

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *guja (snake), limited to South Slavic languages. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian гу́ја (serpent), гу̀јавица (earthworm).

Noun

гу́я • (gújaf

  1. (literally) creeping creature
  2. (dialectal) snake, serpent
    Synonym: змия́ (zmijá)
Declension
Declension of гу́я
singular plural
indefinite гу́я
gúja
гу́и
gúi
definite гу́ята
gújata
гу́ите
gúite
vocative form гу́йо
gújo
гу́и
gúi

Etymology 2

Akin to the noun, probably from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to curl, to coil).

Verb

гу́я • (gúja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (dialectal, reflexive) to slither, to creep
    Synonyms: пълзя́ (pǎlzjá), вла́ча се (vláča se)
Conjugation

References

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠤᠶ᠎ᠠ
(ɣuy_a)
гуя
(guja)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

гуя • (guja)

  1. thigh
  2. hind limb (of a carcass)
  3. (figurative) support; rest; buttress; (supporting) frame; backrest; (supporting) rail; post etc.
  4. (figurative) leg (of a garment)
  5. (figurative) leg (one of a pair of protrusions)
  6. (figurative) a small boat used for river crossings, propelled by a setting pole

Derived terms

  • гуя баз (guja baz)
  • гуя жадлах (guja žadlax)
  • гуя нь цулцганах (guja nʹ culcganax)
  • гуя онгоц (guja ongoc)
  • гуя ташаа (guja tašaa)
  • гуя хас (guja xas)
  • гуяа алгадах (gujaa algadax)
  • гуяа ганзагалах (gujaa ganzagalax)
  • морины гуя (moriny guja)
  • тэрэгний гуя (teregnii guja)
  • хаа гуя (xaa guja)
  • хайчны гуя (xajčny guja)
  • хөх гуя (xöx guja)

See also

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦuja]
  • Rhymes: -uja
  • Hyphenation: гуя

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly of onomatopoeic origin.

Predicative

гуя (huja)

  1. (it) is done, (it) is over, (it) is finished [with dative]
    гуя, мушиме ше помириц з утрату
    huja, mušime še pomiric z utratu
    it's over, we have to come to terms with the loss
    тераз уж гуя, з тей скори нє можеме
    teraz už huja, z tej skori nje možeme
    it's done now, from this skin we are getting nowhere
    гуя шицкомуhuja šickomueverything is done for, it's all ruined
  2. is done for, is finished [with dative] (as a threat or to otherwise strike fear)
    Synonyms: аминь (aminʹ), конєц (konjec), готове (hotove), закончене (zakončene)
    тераз ци гуя!teraz ci huja!now you're done for!
    мушиме оталь сцекнуц, иншак нам будзе гуя
    mušime otalʹ sceknuc, inšak nam budze huja
    we have to get out of here, otherwise we're done for

Etymology 2

Uncertain, but probably unrelated to Etymology 1.

Noun

гуя (hujaf

  1. (Kucura) jiffy, moment, while (an indefinite short period of time e.g. half an hour, one hour)
    одспал два-три гуї
    odspal dva-tri huji
    he took a nap for a while
    (literally, “he took a nap for two or three hujas”)
    • 2019 October 20, Я. Дюранїн, “Як сом полюбела саму себе…”, in Руске Слово[1]:
      Потим ми єден час вообще нє було бриґа яку мам фризуру. До фризерки сом ходзела лєм кед уж наисце була гуя.
      Potim mi jeden čas voobšče nje bulo briga jaku mam frizuru. Do frizerki som xodzela ljem ked už naisce bula huja.
      Afterwards for a time I generally didn't care about what kind of hairstyle I had. I only went to the hairdresser's only when I had a moment.
Declension
Declension of гуя (huja)
singular plural
nominative гуя (huja) гуї (huji)
genitive гуї (huji) гуйох (hujox)
dative гуї (huji) гуйом (hujom)
accusative гую (huju) гуї (huji)
instrumental гую (huju) гуями (hujami)
locative гуї (huji) гуйох (hujox)
vocative гуйо (hujo) гуї (huji)

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