ìjà
noun
/ì.d͡ʒà/
ụ̀jà (alternative), ùjà (alternative)
Definitions
- the act of fighting
- fight, quarrel
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ìjà”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”)
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixjàto fight
Possibly derived from
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jáverb
“já” lists “ìjá” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “ìjá” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
já
to snap, to break off, to break loose
já
to occur, to take place, to begin suddenly (to break out)
já
to ring out like a bell
já
to fall off (from some height)
já
to become saturated or oversaturated with something; to become too much of something
já
to pluck off (usually referring to fruit or leaves)
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ija”.
Reference:
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