iá

Czech

Interjection

iá

1. hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)

Further reading

• “iá”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “iá”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of iá – see 猶 (“still; yet”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶).

For pronunciation and definitions of iá – see 野 (“very”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 野).

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈi ˌaː]
• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

iá

1. hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)
   • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 October 2018:

     Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!

     Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!

Derived terms

• iázik

 

Further reading

• iá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• yá, ya

Etymology

Borrowed from Ronga [Term?], from Afrikaans ja.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈja/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: i‧á

Adverb

iá

1. (Mozambique, Portugal, colloquial) yes