aia
English edit
Noun edit
aia (plural aias)
- Alternative spelling of ayah
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese aia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
aia (plural aias)
Eastern Cham edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aia
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Non-lemma form.
Noun edit
aia
Etymology 2 edit
Onomatopoeia.
Interjection edit
aia
Synonyms edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
aia
- 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”).
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Noun edit
aia f (plural aie)
- 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
- 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 77:
- Uscimmo anzi da quella porta e ci trovammo sull'aia, nell'estremità orientale del pianoro, a ridosso delle mura, dove sorgevano molte costruzioni.
- We got out from that door and found ourselves on the barnyard, at the eastern end of the tableland, near the walls, where stood many buildings.
- (medicine) area (clarification of this definition is needed)
- aia cardiaca ― cardiac area
- aia epatica ― hepatic area
- (archaic) open space, clearing
Derived terms edit
- aione
- menare il can per l'aia
- mettere stoppia sull'aia (“to waste time”)
Etymology 2 edit
Feminine of aio, presumed to be from the unattested Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja), or from Latin avia. Compare Sicilian aju, Spanish ayo.
Noun edit
aia f (plural aie)
Further reading edit
Minangkabau edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
aia
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin avia (“grandmother”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ajɐ
- Hyphenation: ai‧a
Noun edit
aia f (plural aias)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
aia
- nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla
- Synonym: acea
Pronoun edit
aia
Western Cham edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun edit
aia
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
Yurumanguí edit
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aia
References edit
- 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