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aya

[ajaʔ]

noun

LanguageIban

Meaning
  1. uncle (parent's brother)
  2. The brother of one's father or mother.
Examples

Aya datai nemuai.

My uncle came to visit.

Pronunciationajaʔ

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteUsed as a respectful term for a man of one's father's generation.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.