kia

See also: Kia, KIA, kiá, kía, ki'a, and kià

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot kia.

Pronoun

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 58
• John Dyneley Prince (1902), “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist, volume 4, page 28 of 17–32

Esperanto

Etymology

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +‎ -a (correlative suffix of kind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ki‧a

Determiner

kia (accusative singular kian, plural kiaj, accusative plural kiajn)

1. what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind)

   Mi ne scias kian koloron almeti por la ĉielo.

   I do not know what kind of color to put on for the sky.

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kia can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kia ajn thus means whatever kind of.

Derived terms

• kia ajn (“whatever kind of”)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tia (compare with Maori tia), from Proto-Oceanic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ (compare with Malay tiang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.a/, [ˈtijə]

Noun

kia

1. pillar, post

References

• “kia” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian بخیه‎ (baxiye, “stitch, suture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia̯]
• Hyphenation: kia

Verb

kia

1. (archaic) to stitch.

   Synonym: jahit

Further reading

• “kia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Inupiaq

Pronoun

kia

1. whose

   Kia aglautaa una?

   Whose pencil is this?

Synonyms

• kisum

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.a/, [ˈki.ɐ]

Particle

kia

1. when; until (used for a future time)
2. to; that (indicates a purpose, wish or effect) (used if second verb is passive or stative, or if the subject of the subordinate clause is different to the main clause)

   I tonoa rātou kia waiata.

   They were asked to sing.

3. (let) be (indicates desirability)

   Kia tūpato

   Be careful

4. specifies an amount

   Kia hia ngā tīkiti māu?

   How many tickets do you need?

5. not yet
6. so that
7. so that ... will not
8. shouldn't

References

• "kia" - Maori Dictionary

Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki kia.

Pronoun

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

References

• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 24 July 2022

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 其 (“that; those”, SV: kì). Related to kìa.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]

Adjective

kia • (箕)

1. that, over there
2. other, opposite
   • 2009, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Trái tim của Bụt, NXB Tổng hợp TP. Hồ Chí Minh, page 14:

     Khi ngồi nhìn lên chúng ta nghĩ đó là phía trên, nhìn xuống ta nghĩ đó là phía dưới. Nhưng cùng một lúc đó, đồng loại ta ở phía bên kia địa cầu nhìn sẽ thấy ngược lại.

     When we are seated and look up, we imagine that is above; looking down we imagine that is below. But at the same time, people at the other side of the world will see it the other way around.

3. (with time expressions) two removed from the present

   ngày kia ― the day after tomorrow

   hôm kia ― the day before yesterday

   năm kia ― two years ago

Usage notes

• Kia meaning "that" denotes a place, person or thing far from both the speaker and the person(s) he or she is talking to. Usually both the speaker and the person(s) he or she is talking to can see that place, person or thing and the speaker may be pointing to it.

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives
Laurence Thompson (1965), Vietnamese Grammar
					Unspecified					Close to the speaker or newly introduced					Remote, already identified
PLACE đ- (first register)					đâu ‘wherever’					đây ‘here’					đấy ‘there’
REFERENCE n- (second register)					nào ‘whichever’					này ‘this’					nọ ‘that’
PROPORTION b- (first register)					bao ‘to whatever extent’					bây ‘to this extent’					bấy ‘to that extent’
MANNER s- (first register) v- (second register)					sao ‘however’					vầy ‘this way’					vậy ‘that way’
Nguyễn Phú Phong (1992), “Vietnamese Demonstratives Revisited”
				D• (Indefinite)				D1 (Proximal)				D2 (Medial)				D3 (Distal)
+NOM(inal)				đâu place-what				đây place-this				đấy place-that1
±NOM(inal)												đó (place-)that1				kia (place-)that2
–NOM(inal)				nào what				nầy this				nấy/ấy that1				nọ that2

Adverb

kia

1. over there

Derived terms

• kia kìa