laia

See also: Laia, L'Aia, and lâi-á

Estonian

Noun

laia

1. genitive singular of laid

Galician

Verb

laia

1. inflection of laiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Macanese

Alternative forms

• leia

Etymology

From Portuguese laia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaja/

Noun

laia (plural laia-laia)

1. kind, sort, type

   tudo laia; laia-laia ― all kinds, all sorts

2. manner, mode

   destunga laia ― this way

   qui laia? ― how? (literally, “what way?”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#l

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.ɐ/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.ɐ/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.a/ [ˈlaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: lai‧a

Noun

laia f (plural laias)

1. (chiefly derogatory) those who share the same moral traits or characteristics: ilk, variety, race, kind

   Não gosto de gente da sua laia. ― I don't like your kind.

Derived terms

• à laia de

 

Descendants

• Macanese: laia

Further reading

• “laia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “laia” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̪a.ˈi.a/

Noun

laia

1. shellfish

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics