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kaya

Pronunciation: /ˈkaja/

“kaya” is a Tagalog word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ability; capability; competence
  2. means; resources; wealth; wherewithal
  3. any hunting equipment
  4. act of hunting for crocodiles in the river or for a man hiding in the mountain

adjective

  1. able to do; capable to do

adverb

  1. ably; in an able manner
  2. expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder
  3. used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty
  4. actually; on the contrary; rather

conjunction

  1. so; therefore; hence
  2. as a result; consequently

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Compare Malay kaya (“wealth; power”).

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