xa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "xa"
Apalaí edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese chá, from Cantonese 茶 (caa4, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.
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xa
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xa m (plural xas)
- shah (a king of Persia or Iran)
Further reading edit
- “xa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “xa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “xa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cocopa edit
Noun edit
xa
References edit
- James Mack Crawford, Cocopa Dictionary (1989)
Eastern Pomo edit
Noun edit
xa
References edit
- Sally McLendon, A grammar of Eastern Pomo (1975)
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese ja, from Latin iam.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
xa
Conjunction edit
xa
Etymology 2 edit
From and older *jãa, from Latin Diāna. Cognate with Asturian xana, Old French gene, Romanian zână.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xa f (plural xas)
- (folklore) ghost, phantom
- (folklore) fairy
- 1886, M. Nunez González, O muíño dos tíos Mariquiñas:
- un térmeno medio entre os trasnos e as almas en pena; pero que participaban un pouco máis desta última condición, sólo que eran moi pacífecas, pois nunca se soubo que se metesen con nadie non metendose primeiro con elas. A estas pantasmas chamabanlle xás; abundaban como as moscas no mes da Agosto, e eran pola súa bondá, pouco temidas dos labregos.
- ... a middle term in between elves and banshees, but a little closer to the latter ones and more peaceful, since they never messed with nobody if not disturbed first. These ghosts were called xas; they abounded as flies in August, and, because of they good temper, they were little feared by the peasants.
Etymology 3 edit
Ultimately from Persian شاه (šâh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xa m (plural xas)
- shah (title of Persian kings)
References edit
- “ja” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “xa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Xans on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
Gun edit
Alternative forms edit
- hà (Nigeria)
Pronunciation edit
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xà (Benin)
Paipai edit
Noun edit
xa
Somali edit
Noun edit
xa ?
- The name of the Latin-script letter X.
See also edit
Tipai edit
Noun edit
xa
- (Jamul) water
References edit
- Amy Miller, A Grammar of Jamul Tipay
Venda edit
Verb edit
xa
- to dry up
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [saː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [saː˧˧]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 賒.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 可耶 (MC khaX yae) (modern SV: khả da), 可賒 (MC khaX syae) (modern SV: khả xa) and 可車 (MC khaX tsyhae) (modern SV: khả xa).
Displaced native ngái in the major dialects.
Adjective edit
xa
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 車. Compare hè and hạ, chè and trà.
Noun edit
xa
Xhosa edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
xá