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== Translingual == === Symbol === aia (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Arosi. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Arosi terms == English == === Noun === aia (plural aias) Alternative spelling of ayah. === Anagrams === AAI == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Portuguese aia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Noun === aia (plural aias) ayah, mammy == Eastern Cham == === Etymology === From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, fiver”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔiaː/ === Noun === aia (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨀꨳꨩ) water (clear liquid H₂O) === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Estonian == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== aia genitive singular of aed === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic ==== Interjection ==== aia ow, ouch ===== Synonyms ===== ai == Hawaiian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈai̯.a/, [ˈɐj.jə], (rapid speech) [ˈɛj.jə] === Particle === aia Used at the beginning of a sentence that describes the location (in space or time) of the subject. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ja/ Rhymes: -aja Hyphenation: à‧ia === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”). ==== Alternative forms ==== aja ==== Noun ==== aia f (plural aie) barnyard, farmyard, threshing floor; paved area (typical of case coloniche) used to thresh wheat, shell legumes and drying cereals Near-synonym: cortile stendere il grano sull'aia ― to spread the grain on the threshing floor (medicine) area (clarification of this definition is needed) aia cardiaca ― cardiac area aia epatica ― hepatic area (archaic) open space, clearing Synonyms: spiazzo, terreno ===== Derived terms ===== aione menare il can per l'aia mettere stoppia sull'aia (“to waste time”) === Etymology 2 === Feminine of aio, presumed to be from the unattested Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja), or from Latin avia. Compare Sicilian aju, Spanish ayo. ==== Noun ==== aia f (plural aie) (literary) tutor, especially one hired by a wealthy family === Further reading === aia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana àia in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore aia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication == Macanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Cantonese 哎呀 (ai1 jaa3), possibly compounded with Portuguese ai. === Interjection === aia! interjection expressing fear, surprise, pain, impatience ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike the Cantonese interjection, may sometimes be used positively. === References === https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a == Minangkabau == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. === Pronunciation === === Noun === aia water == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin avia (“grandmother”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ajɐ Hyphenation: ai‧a === Noun === aia f (plural aias) lady-in-waiting tutor, teacher chambermaid ==== Related terms ==== aio ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “aia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “aia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === From a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ja/ Rhymes: -aja Hyphenation: a‧ia === Determiner === aia nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla Synonym: acea === Pronoun === aia nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla == Western Cham == === Etymology === From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, river”). Cognate with Eastern Cham aia. === Noun === aia (Cham Jawi spelling ايا) water (clear liquid H₂O) === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Yurumanguí == === Noun === aia water === References === Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist; also present in Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261