mya

See also: Mya, and MYA

Translingual

Symbol

mya

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Burmese.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Burmese terms

English

Noun

mya (plural mya)

1. Abbreviation of million years ago or megayears ago. (Preceded by a numeral.)

   Coordinate terms: bya, kya

   Alternative forms: Mya, MYA

   • 2015, Joyce A. Quinn, Susan L. Woodward, “Introduction”, in Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features, volumes I: A–L, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page xxxi:

     The first (oldest) unit of time is the Precambrian Supereon, which covers much of Earth's history from its origins roughly 4.55 bya to 545 mya. Very primitive, one-celled life-forms arose as early as 4.0 bya and near the end of the era (570 mya) the oldest known fossils of multi-celled organisms appear.

Anagrams

• Amy, May, Yam, may, yam

Japanese

Romanization

mya

1. The hiragana syllable みゃ (mya) or the katakana syllable ミャ (mya) in Hepburn romanization.

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese မြ (mra.).

Noun

mya

1. emerald

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύα (múa).

Noun

mya f (genitive myae); first declension

1. a kind of mussel

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mya	myae
genitive	myae	myārum
dative	myae	myīs
accusative	myam	myās
ablative	myā	myīs
vocative	mya	myae

References

• “mya”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Tarifit

Tarifit numbers ^(edit)

		1,000[a], [b]
←  10	←  90	100	200  →	1,000  → [a], [b]
		10
Cardinal: mya

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مية (myā, “hundred”)

Numeral

mya

1. hundred

Derived terms

• mitayn (“two hundred”)

Welsh

Symbol

mya

1. Abbreviation of milltir yn awr.

Synonyms

• (mile per hour): m.y.a.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mya”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies