chia
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/
Rhymes: -iːə
=== Noun ===
chia (countable and uncountable, plural chias)
A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
=== Anagrams ===
chai, achi, Achi, AHCI, Chai
== Classical Nahuatl ==
=== Noun ===
chia (inanimate)
obsolete spelling of chiyan
== Esperanto ==
=== Determiner ===
chia
H-system spelling of ĉia
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʃja/
=== Verb ===
chia
third-person singular past historic of chier
== Galician ==
=== Verb ===
chia
(reintegrationist norm) inflection of chiar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Hokkien ==
== Nafaanra ==
=== Noun ===
chia
town
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -iɐ
Hyphenation: chi‧a
=== Verb ===
chia
inflection of chiar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Vietnamese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 支 (“subdivision; to disburse”, SV: chi).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiə˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiə˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ciə˧˧]
==== Verb ====
chia • (支, 𢺹, 𢺺, 𬨟)
(arithmetic) to divide
chia (cho) ― (to be) divided by
chia hết cho ― to be divisible by
to distribute; to share (something with others)
(grammar) to conjugate, to decline
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiə˧˧], [t͡ɕi˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiə˧˧], [t͡ɕɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ciə˧˧], [cɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: chia, chi a
==== Noun ====
chia
Salvia hispanica
=== Anagrams ===
chai