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daya

Pronunciation: /ˈdaja/

“daya” is a Malay word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. only used in barat daya (“southwest”)

noun

  1. trick (something designed to trick)
  2. ability (quality or state of being able)
  3. force

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya.

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