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aia

Translingual

Symbol

aia

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Arosi.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Arosi terms

English

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

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (fresh water; steam, fiver).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiaː/

Noun

aia (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨀꨳꨩ)

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Estonian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

aia

  1. genitive singular of aed

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

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): /ˈai̯.a/, [ˈɐj.jə], [ˈɛj.jə] (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'aiato spread the grain on the threshing floor
  2. (medicine) area (clarification of this definition is needed)
    aia cardiacacardiac area
    aia epaticahepatic 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

Macanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 哎呀 (ai1 jaa3), possibly compounded with Portuguese ai.

Interjection

aia!

  1. interjection expressing fear, surprise, pain, impatience

Usage notes

  • Unlike the Cantonese interjection, may sometimes be used positively.

References

  • https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a

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

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (fresh water; steam, river). Cognate with Eastern Cham aia.

Noun

aia (Cham Jawi spelling ايا)

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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

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