tía

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: tí‧a === Noun === tía f (plural tíes) aunt, female equivalent of tíu === Further reading === García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “tíu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “tíu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiɐ/ === Noun === tía f (plural tías) aunt (colloquial) woman ==== Synonyms ==== titía ==== Related terms ==== tío === Further reading === “tía”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Icelandic == === Etymology === Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalyzing 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 === IPA(key): [ˈtʰiːja] Rhymes: -iːja === Noun === tía f (genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur) ten (playing card, bus, etc., numbered 10) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: tí‧a === Noun === 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 (colloquial, Spain) girl, woman, chick tías buenas ― hot chicks ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiə˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [tiə˨˩˦] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiə˦˥] === Etymology 1 === From Teochew 爹 (tia³³). Compare Khmer ទៀ (tiə), Thai เตี่ย (dtìia). ==== Noun ==== tía • (爺) (Southern Vietnam) father; dad Synonyms: bố, ba, cha, thầy, cậu, bọ, áng ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Pronoun ==== tía (Southern Vietnam) you (used to refer to an older man) === Etymology 2 === Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紫 (“purple”, SV: tử). ==== Adjective ==== tía (dated) purple ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ====