soya

See also: søya, and soþa

English

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.]

Derived terms

• soya bean
• soya sauce

Anagrams

• Soay

Indonesian

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 (first-person possessive soyaku, second-person possessive soyamu, third-person possessive soyanya)

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.

Japanese

Romanization

soya

1. Rōmaji transcription of そや

Spanish

Common names for soy in the Spanish-speaking world

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

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʝa/ [ˈso.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsoʝa/ [ˈso.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsoʃa/ [ˈso.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsoʒa/ [ˈso.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: so‧ya

Noun

soya f (plural soyas)

(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

Derived terms

• leche de soya
• salsa de soya
• suero de soya

 

Further reading

• “soya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28