tía
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tía f (plural tíes)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tía f (plural tías)
- aunt
- A miña tía é a irmá do meu pai ou da miña nai.
- My aunt is my mother's or father's sister.
- (colloquial) woman
- ¡Tías boas!
- Hot chicks!
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tía” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalizing the -u as the weak feminine oblique suffix in environments where tíu is the object in a sentence. Compare nía and átta, also fimma, sexa, sjöa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tía f (genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur)
- ten (playing card, bus, etc., numbered 10)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tía f (plural tías, masculine tío, masculine plural tíos)
- female equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister, sister-in-law or female cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent
- Mi tía es la hermana o prima de mi madre o de mi padre.
- My aunt is my mother's or father's sister or female cousin.
- (colloquial, Spain) woman, chick
- ¡Tías buenas! ― Hot chicks!
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tiə˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tiə˦˥]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 爹 (SV: đa). Compare Mandarin 爹 (diē).
Noun edit
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- tía má ơi - (idiomatic) Holy Mother of God!
Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紫 (“purple”, SV: tử).
Adjective edit
tía
Derived terms edit
See also edit
trắng | xám | đen |
đỏ; thắm, thẫm | cam; nâu | vàng; kem |
vàng chanh | xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục | xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm |
xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két | xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh | xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam |
tím; chàm | tía | hồng |