aia

See also: Aia, AIA, aîa, ăia, -aia, and ai·a

English

Noun

aia (plural aias)

1. 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)

1. ayah, mammy

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨀꨳꨩ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiaː/

Noun

aia

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Estonian

Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

Noun

aia

1. genitive singular of aed

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Interjection

aia

1. 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], [ˈɛj.jə] (rapid speech)

Particle

aia

1. Used at the beginning of a sentence that describes the location (in space or time) of the subject.

   Aia ka ʻohana ma ke kaʻa.

   The family is in the car.

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)

1. 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

   • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 77:

     Uscimmo anzi da quella porta e ci trovammo sull'aia, nell'estremità orientale del pianoro, a ridosso delle mura, dove sorgevano molte costruzioni.

     We got out from that door and found ourselves on the barnyard, at the eastern end of the tableland, near the walls, where stood many buildings.

2. (medicine) area (clarification of this definition is needed)

   aia cardiaca ― cardiac area

   aia epatica ― hepatic area

3. (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)

1. (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!

1. interjection expressing fear, surprise, pain, impatience

   Aia! Qui boniteza.

   Wow! How beautiful.

   Aia, qui susto!

   Oh, how frightening!

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

• Audio:

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Noun

aia

1. water

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin avia (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.ɐ/ [ˈaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.ɐ/ [ˈaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.a/ [ˈaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: ai‧a

Noun

aia f (plural aias)

1. lady-in-waiting
2. tutor, teacher
3. chambermaid

Related terms

• aio

Descendants

• → Hindi: आया (āyā)
  • → English: ayah

Romanian

Etymology

From a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a‧ia

Determiner

aia

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla

   Synonym: acea

Pronoun

aia

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla

Western Cham

Alternative forms

• ايا

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. Compare Eastern Cham ꨀꨳꨩ (aia).

Noun

aia

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Yurumanguí

Noun

aia

1. 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