mia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mia"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miː.ə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːə
• Hyphenation: mi‧a

Etymology 1

Noun

mia (uncountable)

2. (classical studies) An ancient bluffing game played with dice.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bulimia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Mia as form of personification and coded language. Compare ana.

Noun

mia (uncountable)

2. (Internet slang) Bulimia nervosa.

Derived terms

• pro-mia

 

See also

• ana, pro-ana

See also

etymologically unrelated terms contianing "mia"

• mamma mia
• mia luang
• mia mia
• mia noi

 

Anagrams

• I'm a', ima, IAM, I'ma, I'm'a, AIM, i'ma, IMA, I'm a, i'm'a, mai, I am, Ima, Mai, AMI, aim, Ima', MAI, I'm-a

Baba Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 命 (miā).

Noun

mia

1. destiny, fortune, luck

Particle

mia

1. possessive particle

Synonyms

• punya

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• mir (German spelling)
• ma (unstressed form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miɐ̯/

Etymology 1

Cognate with German mir.

Pronoun

mia

1. me (dative)

See also

Bavarian personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular (informal)		du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
2nd person singular (formal)		Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Etymology 2

Cognate with German wir.

Pronoun

mia

1. we

See also

Bavarian personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular (informal)		du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
2nd person singular (formal)		Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Catalan

Pronoun

mia

1. (archaic, poetic, Northern, Alghero) feminine singular of meu

Usage notes

Outside of poetry, certain dialects and sayings, proverbs and set phrases, this form is archaic and is normally supplanted by meva and meua.

Further reading

• “mia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

mi +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: mi‧a

Determiner

mia (accusative singular mian, plural miaj, accusative plural miajn)

1. my, mine

See also

• cia
• ĝia
• ilia
• lia
• nia
• onia
• sia
• ŝia
• via

 

Galician

Verb

mia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of miar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronoun

mia

1. feminine singular of mio

Anagrams

• ami, ima, mai

Mori Bawah

Noun

mia

1. person

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 685

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi(ə)/
• Homophone: mìo

Adjective

mìa f (first person singular possessive)

1. feminine singular of mìo

Pronoun

mìa f (first person singular possessive)

1. feminine singular of mìo

Northern Paiute

Verb

mia

1. go

References

• Sven Liljeblad, Catherine S Fowler, Glenda Powell, Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary (2012, →ISBN (mia-)

Old Catalan

Adjective

mia

1. feminine singular of meu

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: mi‧a

Verb

mia

1. inflection of miar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ja/

Noun

mia

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of mie

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin agnella. Compare Aromanian njauã.

Alternative forms

• mială

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmja/

Noun

mia f (plural miele, masculine equivalent miel)

1. ewe lamb

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mia	miaua		miele	mielele
genitive-dative	miele	mielei		miele	mielelor
vocative	mia			mielelor

Derived terms

• mioară

Related terms

• miel
• miță

Romansch

Adjective

mia f (masculine mes)

1. (possessive) my

Swahili

Swahili numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  90	←  99	100	101  →	200  →
		10
Cardinal: mia

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِئَة (miʔa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Numeral

mia (invariable)

1. hundred

Noun

mia (ma class, plural mamia)

1. hundred

Derived terms

• asilimia

See also

• miateini (“two hundred”)

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.a]

Noun

mia

1. a monkey

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.a]

Noun

mia

1. monkey

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mia, variant of *mian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mia/

Verb

mia

1. to dwell

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a/

Verb

mia

1. (stative) to be good

Conjugation

Conjugation of mia (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		timia	mimia	amia
2nd person		nimia	fimia
3rd person	inanimate	imia	dimia
	animate	mamia
imperative		—, mia	—, mia

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Wolio

Etymology

Compare Balantak mian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mia/

Noun

mia

1. person, human being

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris