bia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bia"

Anyi

Noun

bia

1. chair

Atong (India)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha).

Noun

bia

1. wedding

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Baoule

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

bia

1. chair

Basque

Numeral

bia

1. absolutive singular of bi

Bislama

Etymology

From English beer.

Noun

bia

1. beer

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wie. Cognate with German wie; see there for more.

Adverb

bia

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna, interrogative) how

   Bia hòosentza d'ôarn khindar?

   What are your children's names?

   (literally, “How are your children called?”)

Conjunction

bia

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) how

   Tüa bia 's ghéet bóol.

   Do it how it's done properly.

Derived terms

• ambìa
• andarstbìa
• biavl, biivel

References

• “bia” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Garo

Etymology 1

From bi- (“third person pronoun”) +‎ -a (“nominalizing suffix used with monosyllabic pronouns”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronoun

bia (third person nominative, singular, accusative biko, genitive bini, dative bina)(combining form bi-)

1. he, she

Usage notes

• bia is rarely used in written language; ua is preferred when writing.

See also

Garo personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	anga (combining form ang-)	chinga (combining form ching-) (exclusive) an·ching/na·ching (inclusive)
2nd person	na·a (combining form nang·-)	na·ong/na·song/na·simang
3rd person	bia (combining form bi-)	bisong/bisimang

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Bengali বিয়া (biẏa).

Verb

bia

1. to wed

Noun

bia

1. wedding

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bia/
• Hyphenation: bia

Noun

béa (plural)

1. Nonstandard spelling of bea (“tax, custom duty, expense”).

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲiə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bíad (compare Scottish Gaelic biadh), from Proto-Celtic *beitom (compare Welsh bwyd), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Alternative forms

• biadh (superseded)

Noun

bia m (genitive singular bia, nominative plural bianna)

1. food
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:

     īmšə gax ilə hōŕc biə.

     [Ithimse gach uile shórt bia.]

     I eat every kind of food.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:

     ńȧrtr̥ gax dinə lē biə mŭȧ.

     [Neartar gach duine le bia maith.]

     Everyone is strengthened by good food.

2. inner part of shelled, rinded, food
3. substance

Declension

Declension of bia (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bia bianna vocative a bhia a bhianna genitive bia bianna dative bia bianna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bia na bianna genitive an bhia na mbianna dative leis an mbia don bhia leis na bianna

Derived terms

• aiste bia
• banc bia
• bia éanáin
• bia stáin
• bia-eolaí
• bia-eolaíocht
• biachlár
• biadhamhail
• biafhachtóir
• biamhar
• biatach
• réim bia

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ·bia.

Verb

bia

1. (obsolete) future analytic dependent of bí

Mutation

Mutated forms of bia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bia	bhia	mbia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Kunama

Noun

bia

1. water

References

• Ehret, Christopher (2001) A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte; 12)‎^[1], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN.

Mandarin

Romanization

bia

1. Nonstandard spelling of biā.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wie. Cognate with German wie; see there for more.

Adverb

bia

1. how

References

• “bia” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bien

Noun

bia f sg

1. definite feminine singular of bie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse biða.

Alternative forms

• bie

Verb

bia (present tense biar or bier, past tense bia or bidde, past participle bia or bidd, present participle biande, imperative bi)

1. (intransitive) to wait

   Synonym: venta

2. (intransitive) to go without eating
3. (intransitive) to persist

Noun

bia f (definite singular bia, indefinite plural bier or bior, definite plural biene or bione)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bie
2. definite singular of bie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bý (“bee”).

Noun

bia f (definite singular bia, indefinite plural bier or bior, definite plural biene or bione)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bie
2. definite singular of bie

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bía

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲi.a/

Etymology 1

Verb

bïa

1. first-person singular future absolute of at·tá

Verb

·bïa

1. third-person singular future conjunct of at·tá

Etymology 2

Verb

·bïa

1. third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Mutation of bia

radical	lenition	nasalization
bia	bia pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• biahe (synonym)
• biaha (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese viajar and Spanish viajar and Kabuverdianu viaji.

Noun

bia

1. travel, journey
2. times as in "three times is too much"

Verb

bia

1. to travel

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɐ/

Noun

bia f (plural bias)

1. (US, Brazil, rare) beer

   Synonym: cerveja

Romansch

Alternative forms

• bler (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader)
• blear (Sutsilvan)
• bger (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin valde.

Adjective

bia m (feminine singular biara, masculine plural biars, feminine plural biaras)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) much, a lot of

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English beer.

Noun

bia class IX (plural bia class X)

1. commercial beer

See also

• pombe (“native beer”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

Noun

bia class IX (plural bia class X)

1. cooperation, partnership (where each person pays their share)

Derived terms

• ubia

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀gá (“pot”).

Noun

bia class V (plural mabia class VI)

1. large cooking pot

Derived terms

• kibia

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate to Pagu biang, Tobelo bianga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.a/

Noun

bia (Jawi بيا)

1. shellfish, mollusks

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English beer.

Noun

bia

1. beer

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiə˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bière, from Middle Dutch bier.

Noun

bia

1. beer

   bụng bia ― a beer belly

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bia bọt
• hoa bia
• rượu bia

 

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 碑 (“stele”, SV: bi).

Noun

(classifier tấm, cái) bia

1. tombstone; gravestone; stele; monument
2. (by extension) target (for shooting); bullseye

Yagaria

Etymology

Probably a loanword from English beer.

Noun

bia

1. (Hua dialect) beer

References

• John Haiman, Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea

Zoogocho Zapotec

Noun

bia

1. nopal

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 369