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whyja

/ˈwaɪd͡ʒə/

whyja is the pronunciation spelling of why d'you.

Origin of whyja

"Why d'you" /ˈwaɪdju/ becomes /ˈwaɪdʒə/ ("whyja") by yod-coalescence (whereby /j/ assimilates to /ʒ/) and reduction of the unstressed /u/ (which becomes /ə/).

Words that rhyme with whyja

Questions about whyja

What is whyja the pronunciation spelling of?
Whyja is the pronunciation spelling of why d'you.
How do you pronounce whyja?
Whyja is pronounced /ˈwaɪd͡ʒə/.

Words near whyja in the dictionary

  1. whyed
  2. whyever
  3. whyfor
  4. whyght
  5. whying
  6. whyja
  7. whyle
  8. whylest
  9. whylst
  10. Whyman
  11. Whymans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whyja (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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