ria

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ria"

English

Georges River ria

Etymology

From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from río (“river”), from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

ria (plural rias)

1. (geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley. [from 19th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 49:

     Flinders had advised Baudin to stop in Port Jackson (the ria of what is now Sydney) when in need of refreshment […] .

Translations

a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley

• Breton: aber (br) m or f
• Finnish: rias (fi)
• French: aber (fr) m, ria (fr) f
• Portuguese: ria (pt) f
• Spanish: ría (es) f

Anagrams

• Ira, IAR, IRA, air, 'air, AIR, Ari, rai, ARI, Rai, raï

Classical Gaelic

Pronoun

ria

1. third-person singular feminine of re

Contraction

ria

1. Contraction of re (“to”) + a (various meanings).

Esperanto

Etymology

ri +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈria/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Determiner

ria (accusative singular rian, plural riaj, accusative plural riajn)

1. (possessive, neologism, nonstandard) their (singular)

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi3	ilin iŝin3	ilia iŝia3
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ The second person familiar pronouns are archaic.

² The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

³ The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

French

Etymology

From Galician.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ria f (plural rias)

1. ria

   Synonym: aber

Further reading

• “ria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

ria

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Irish

Pronoun

ria (emphatic riasa)

1. (obsolete) third-person singular feminine of re

Contraction

ria

1. (obsolete) Contraction of re (“to”) + a (various meanings).

   ‘to his’ (triggers lenition): ria dheartháir ― to his brother

   ‘to her’ (triggers h-prothesis): ria hathair ― to her father

   ‘to their’ (triggers eclipsis): ria ndeartháir ― to their brother

Italian

Adjective

ria f

1. feminine singular of rio

Anagrams

• -ari, -irà, Ari, RAI, Rai, ari, ira, rai

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ria/
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [riə], [rʲə]

Adjective

ria (Jawi spelling ريا)

1. happy

Synonyms

• gembira
• girang
• riang
• sukacita

Further reading

• “ria” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈχi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.a/ [ˈhi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Etymology 1

Alteration of rio (“river”), or borrowed from Spanish ría.

Noun

ria f (plural rias)

1. (hydrography) ria (rugged coastal inlet)
2. (hydrography) branch; inlet (body of water extending from or flowing into a larger one)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ria

1. inflection of rir:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from Finnish riihi (“kiln, grain drying cabin”).

Noun

ria c

1. a dryer, a kiln to dry corn; a traditional Finnish/Scandinavian wooden building used for indoor drying of corn

Declension

Declension of ria

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ria	rias
	definite	rian	rians
plural	indefinite	rior	riors
	definite	riorna	riornas

Verb

ria (present riar, preterite riade, supine riat, imperative ria)

1. to dry corn in a kiln

   Den finska rågen stod högt i anseende till utsäde, beroende på att den fick stå ute att eftermogna i skyl, innan den riades, under det att den svenska vanligen riades omedelbart efter skärningen.

   The Finnish rye was highly regarded as seedcorn because it was left outdoors to ripen in ricks before being taken to be dried, while the Swedish rye was usually dried immediately after harvest.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ria (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	ria		rias
supine	riat		riats
imperative	ria		—
imper. plural1	rien		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	riar	riade	rias	riades
ind. plural1	ria	riade	rias	riades
subjunctive2	rie	riade	ries	riades
present participle		riande
past participle		riad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi.a]

Verb

ria

1. (transitive) to admonish

Conjugation

Conjugation of ria

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toria	foria	miria
2nd person		noria	niria
3rd person	masculine	oria	iria yoria (archaic)
	feminine	moria
	neuter	iria

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐiə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹiə˧˧]

Noun

(classifier bộ) ria • (挗, 髭, 𣭯, 𩮭)

1. a mustache

   Synonym: ria mép

See also

• râu

Woi

Noun

ria

1. blood

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾī.ā/

Pronoun

ria

1. (Ekiti, Ijesha) our, ours, us

   Synonym: tìwa