aiga
English edit
Noun edit
aiga (plural aigas)
- The Samoan leader of a household.
- A type of bus, typically a modified pickup truck, used by private entrepreneurs in American Samoa.
Anagrams edit
Karelian edit
North Karelian (Viena) |
aika |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
aiga |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *aika. Cognates include Finnish aika and Estonian aeg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aiga (genitive aijan, partitive aigua)
Declension edit
Tver Karelian declension of aiga (type 4/kala ig-ij gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | aiga | aijat | |
genitive | aijan | aijoin | |
partitive | aigua | aigoida | |
illative | aigah | aigoih | |
inessive | aijašša | aijoissa | |
elative | aijašta | aijoista | |
adessive | aijalla | aijoilla | |
ablative | aijalda | aijoilda | |
translative | aijakši | aijoiksi | |
essive | aigana | aigoina | |
comitative | aijanke | aijoinke | |
abessive | aijatta | aijoitta |
Possessive forms of aiga | ||
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1st person | aigani | |
2nd person | aigaš | |
3rd person | aigah | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
References edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan aigua, aiga, from Latin aqua. Compare Catalan aigua, Spanish agua, Galician auga.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) Audio (file) - (Langadocian) IPA(key): /ˈajɡɒ/
- (Limousin) IPA(key): /ˈajɡɔ/
- (Auvergnat) IPA(key): /ˈajɔ/
- (Vivaro-Alpine) IPA(key): /ˈajɡə/
- (Marchés) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡ/
Noun edit
aiga f (plural aigas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Old Occitan edit
Noun edit
aiga f (oblique plural aigas, nominative singular aiga, nominative plural aigas)
- Alternative form of aigua
Samoan edit
Noun edit
aiga