different between kunya vs bunya

English

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (kunya).

Noun

kunya (plural kunyas)

1. An epithet in Arabic names, typically deriving from the name of the bearer's first-born son.

Hypernyms

• teknonym

Hausa

Noun

kuny?? f (possessed form kunyàr?)

1. shame, embarrassment
2. modesty

Noun

kuny? f (plural kuny?y?, possessed form kunyar?)

1. (agriculture) row (between ridges)

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?a/

Verb

kunya (infinitive g?kunya)

1. to pinch

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• r?kuny? 11

(Proverbs)

• gatinyinyiraga gatar? gakunye

References

English

Etymology 1

From Yagara bunya bunya, Gabi bunyi, Wakawaka bunyi.

Alternative forms

• bunna bunna (obsolete)
• bunya bunya, bunyah-bunyah

Noun

bunya (plural bunyas)

1. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland. [from 19th c.]
   • 1993, Philip McLaren, Sweet Water…Stolen Land, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 142:

     Her three favourite bunyah-bunyah nut trees were destroyed last year to make way for more grazing land for sheep and other animals whose cloven hooves destroyed the delicate topsoil and laid bare the earth.

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

• bunyah

Noun

bunya (plural bunyas)

1. (dated, India) A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste.

Anagrams

• Yanbu, unbay

Phuthi

Etymology

From bu- +? -nya.

Noun

búnya 14

1. excrement, feces

Inflection

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