eia

See also: EIA and -eia

Latin

Alternative forms

• eja
• heia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.a/, [ˈɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.a/, [ˈɛi̯ä]

Interjection

eia

1. aha! come now! come on! (expressing delight, playful remonstrance, encouragement)

References

• “eia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• eia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for schools and colleges founded on comparative grammar, edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge, p. 139: "The following list comprises most of the Interjections in common use:— [...] êia [...]"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɐ/ [ˈeɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɐ/ [ˈeɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.a/ [ˈeɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɐ/

Interjection

eia!

1. come on!