saia

See also: Saia and saía

Estonian

Noun

saia

1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of sai

Galician

saias ("skirts")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja̝/

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Etymology 1

13th century, but well attested since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin documents as saia. From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

1. long skirt (women's clothing)

   Synonym: faldra

2. (dated) robe

Related terms

• saio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

1. inflection of saír:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sair:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• “saya” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “saya” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “saia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “saia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “saia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: sà‧ia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“cloak”).

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

1. twill

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”) (from a dialect in which q is pronounced as a glottal stop), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia.

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

1. (regional) a ditch or trench, especially in Sicily

Anagrams

• Asia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.a/ [ˈsaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: sai‧a

Etymology 1

saia

From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos) (cloak); cognate with Galician saia and archaic Spanish saya.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

1. a woman's skirt

Derived terms

• minissaia
• saiote

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: saia
• → Bengali: শায়া (śaẏa), সায়া (śaẏa)
• → Kadiwéu: jaye

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

1. inflection of sair:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative