Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *ad vix, from Latin ad + vix. Compare Romanian abia.

Adverb

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ayia

  1. barely, hardly

Baoule

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ayia

Etymology

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cf. Anyi ahia

Noun

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ayia

  1. danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera)[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 175
  2. ^ "kotibé" in Lafage, Suzanne (2002) “Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire : appropriation et créativité”, in Le français en Afrique[2] (in French), numbers 16, 17