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All 3 letters words made out of aia

aia iaa aai aai iaa aia

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Definitions and meaning of aia

aia

Noun

aia (plural aias)

1. Alternative spelling of ayah

Anagrams

• AAI

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Portuguese aia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

aia (plural aias)

1. ayah, mammy

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨀꨳꨩ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiaː/

Noun

aia

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Estonian

Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

Noun

aia

1. genitive singular of aed

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Interjection

aia

1. ow, ouch

Synonyms

• ai

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯a/, [ˈɐjə], [ˈɛjə] (rapid speech)

Particle

aia

1. Used at the beginning of a sentence that describes the location (in space or time) of the subject.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: à‧ia

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”).

Alternative forms

• aja

Noun

aia f (plural aie)

1. barnyard, farmyard, threshing floor; paved area (typical of case coloniche) used to thresh wheat, shell legumes and drying cereals

   Near-synonym: cortile

   stendere il grano sull'aia ― to spread the grain on the threshing floor
2. (medicine) area (clarification of this definition is needed)

   aia cardiaca ― cardiac area

   aia epatica ― hepatic area

3. (archaic) open space, clearing

   Synonyms: spiazzo, terreno

Derived terms

• aione
• menare il can per l'aia
• mettere stoppia sull'aia (“to waste time”)

Etymology 2

Feminine of aio, presumed to be from the unattested Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja), or from Latin avia. Compare Sicilian aju, Spanish ayo.

Noun

aia f (plural aie)

1. (literary) tutor, especially one hired by a wealthy family

Further reading

• aia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• àia in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• aia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

aia

1. water

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin avia (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: ai‧a

Noun

aia f (plural aias)

1. lady-in-waiting
2. tutor, teacher
3. chambermaid

Related terms

• aio

Descendants

• → Hindi: आया (āyā)
  • → English: ayah

Romanian

Etymology

From a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a‧ia

Determiner

aia

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla

   Synonym: acea

Pronoun

aia

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla

Western Cham

Alternative forms

• ايا

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

aia

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Yurumanguí

Noun

aia

1. water

References

• Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist; also present in Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261