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ia

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English Online Dictionary. What means ia‎? What does ia mean?

Translingual

Symbol

ia

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Interlingua.

Aromanian

Pronoun

ia f

  1. Alternative form of ea

Bariai

Noun

ia

  1. fish

References

  • Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Basque

Etymology

From Latin iam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ia/, [i.a]

Adverb

ia (not comparable)

  1. almost

Chuukese

Adverb

ia

  1. where

Dutch

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Interjection

ia

  1. hee-haw

Derived terms

  • iaën

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -a (correlative suffix of kind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈia]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: i‧a

Determiner

ia (plural iaj, accusative singular ian, accusative plural iajn)

  1. some kind of (indeterminate correlative of kind)

Derived terms

  • ia ajn (“any kind of”)
  • iasence

Fijian

Conjunction

ia

  1. but

Synonyms

  • ga

Finnish

Conjunction

ia

  1. Obsolete spelling of ja

Anagrams

  • ai

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

ia (combining form i-, plural iarang)

  1. this

Declension

German

Alternative forms

  • iah
  • yah (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Interjection

ia

  1. hee-haw (cry of an ass or donkey)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Determiner

ia

  1. this, that

Pronoun

ia

  1. she, he, it

Derived terms

  • ʻo ia

See also

Particle

ia

  1. Obsolete spelling of ʻia, iā and iʻa.

Hiri Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. third-person singular pronoun: he/she/it, him/her/it

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Maori ia, Tagalog siya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈia̯/

Pronoun

ia

  1. they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)

Synonyms

  • dia
  • beliau

Jarai

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ia/

Noun

ia

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • Joshua Jensen, Jarai Clauses and Noun Phrases: Syntactic Structures (2014, →ISBN

Lindu

Pronoun

ia

  1. he; she; they (singular)

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

Pronoun

ia (free pronoun)

  1. he, she, it, they (third person)

See also

Malasanga

Etymology

Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ia

  1. fish

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) (ia)
  • John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012) (iə)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ia/
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [iə], [iʲə]

Pronoun

ia (Jawi spelling اي‎)

  1. he, she

See also

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian ia, Tagalog siya.

Pronoun

ia

  1. they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)

See also

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • ja

Etymology

From Old French ja, from Latin iam.

Adverb

ia

  1. already

Descendants

  • French: jà (obsolete)

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she, it

See also

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑː/

Adverb

ia

  1. Alternative form of ġēa

Otomaco

Etymology

Compare Taparita ia.

Noun

ia

  1. water

References

  • Tierra Firme (other copy)

Piaroa

Noun

ia

  1. Clipping of ahiia.

References

  • A. Ernst, Upper Orinoco Vocabularies

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: i‧a

Verb

ia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir
  2. (informal, proscribed) Alternative form of iria

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Perhaps from one of several similar words in neighboring languages, or perhaps from iacă. Alternatively, perhaps a spontaneous creation of expression.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophone: ea

Interjection

ia

  1. used to attract attention to the speaker; well, now, now then

Related terms

  • iacă
  • iată

Verb

ia

  1. inflection of lua:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • jau (Rumantsch Grischun)
  • jeu (Sursilvan)
  • jou (Sutsilvan)
  • eau (Puter)
  • eu (Vallader)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

ia

  1. (Surmiran) I

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she

See also

Particle

ia

  1. Precedes a name to mark it as a direct object

Taparita

Etymology

Compare Otomaco ia.

Noun

ia

  1. water

References

  • Tierra Firme (other copy)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ear.

Noun

ia

  1. (anatomy) ear

Synonyms

  • yau

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/
  • Hyphenation: i‧a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ia. Cognates include Hawaiian ia and Samoan ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she
See also

Article

ia

  1. The personal article.
Usage notes
  • Used before a personal pronoun, proper noun, human collective, natural disaster or subject of a numeral not preceded by a preposition.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ia. Cognates include Maori ia and Samoan ia.

Particle

ia

  1. Emphasises the preceding noun.

Interjection

ia

  1. Used to attract attention; hey, oi
  2. Used to introduce a new topic; so, anyway

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 26

Tolai

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. Third-person singular pronoun: he, him; she, her

Declension


Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ia/

Pronoun

ia

  1. he
  2. she
  3. it

Further reading

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365

Vandalic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jahw, cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌷 (jah), Old English ġe.

Conjunction

ia

  1. and
    • c390, De conviviis barbaris

Welsh

Etymology

From ie with the unstressed final vowel lowered from /ɛ/ to /a/, a feature of north-west Walian speech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː.a/, /ja/
  • Rhymes: -iːa

Particle

ia

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) yes, aye
    Synonym: ie
    Antonyms: naci, nage
  2. (North Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-finally when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)
    Synonym: ife

Usage notes

  • Used to reply to questions or statements with a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. For a regular unemphatic verb-initial question or statement, other words of agreement are employed.
  • Used in this way, the characteristically colloquial northern. In the standard and colloquial southern language, ie is the preferred form.
  • When used sentence-finally in the north, it follows a sentene containing a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. The equivalent southern particle is ife.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ia”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Etymology

Compare Ternate gia, Sahu giama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/

Noun

ia

  1. hand
    Synonyms: kamma, (polite) joujou

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics

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