piá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pia"

Awa-Cuaiquer

Etymology

Compare Muellama piar.

Noun

piá

1. maize

References

• Sergio Elías Ortiz, Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa/ [pɪˈa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpja/

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi pyã.

Noun

piá m (plural piás)

1. (colloquial, Paraná, South Brazil) kid; child

   Synonyms: menino; see also Thesaurus:menino

2. (colloquial, vocative, Paraná, South Brazil) man; dude

Adjective

piá (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Paraná, South Brazil, personal) childish

Etymology 2

Verb

piá

1. Eye dialect spelling of piar.

Further reading

• “piá” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “piá” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

Spanish

Verb

piá

1. Superseded spelling of pia, which was deprecated in 2010.