soya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɪ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪə
• Homophone: sawyer (some accents)

Noun

soya (uncountable)

1. (British) Alternative form of soy. [from late 17th c.]

Anagrams

• Soay

Etymology

From Dutch soja, from Japanese そや (soya), topicalized form of そい (soi), itself the Kagoshima dialectal form of Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, “soy sauce”), from Chinese 醬油 / 酱油 (jiàngyóu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsoja]
• Hyphenation: so‧ya

Noun

soya (plural soya-soya)

1. soya

   Synonym: kedelai

Further reading

• “soya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanization

soya

1. Rōmaji transcription of そや

Alternative forms

• soja (Spain, Argentina)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch soja; from the Satsuma dialectal Japanese そや (soya), which is the topicalized form of 醤油 (そい, soi) (cognate to standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Late Middle Japanese 醤油 (しやうゆ, shiyauyu), orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (t͡sɨɐŋ^H, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: so‧ya

Noun

soya f (plural soyas)

(US, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Andes, Philippines) Alternative form of soja

1. soya, soybean
2. soy (soy sauce)

   Synonyms: salsa de soya, salsa de soja, sillao

Further reading

• “soya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10