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Is aia a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word aia is a Scrabble US word. The word aia is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

A1I1A1

Is aia a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word aia is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

A1I1A1

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Valid words made from Aia

You can make 3 words from 'aia' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'aia'

AIA 3 

2 letters words from 'aia'

AA 2AI 2

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

Estonian

Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

Noun

aia

  1. genitive singular of aed

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Interjection

aia

  1. ow, ouch

Synonyms

  • ai

Hawaiian

Particle

aia

  1. Used at the beginning of a sentence that describes the location (in space or time) of the subject.
    Aia ka ʻohana ma ke kaʻa.
    The family is in the car.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”).

Alternative forms

  • aja

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aia f (plural aie)

  1. farmyard (the square courtyard in the middle of a casa colonica)
  2. threshing floor

Related terms

  • area

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aia f (plural aie)

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

Minangkabau

Etymology

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

Noun

aia

  1. water

Portuguese

Noun

aia f (plural aias)

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

Related terms

  • aio

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

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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • in India, a maid or nurse.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)