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ia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ia"
Languages (43)
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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Interlingua or Interlingua interlingua.

Symbol

ia

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Interlingua.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Interlingua terms

Aromanian

Pronoun

ia f

  1. alternative form of ea

Bariai

Noun

ia

  1. fish

References

Basque

Etymology

From Latin iam.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ia/ [i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: i‧a

Adverb

ia (not comparable)

  1. almost

Bola

Pronoun

ia

  1. third person singular

See also

Bola personal pronouns
Number Person Free Subject proclitic Object Suffix Oblique
Singular 1st iau a free pronoun nau
2nd ioe o vomu
3rd ia i -a vona
Dual 1st Exclusive maria miri free pronoun ne + free pronoun
Inclusive tarua tu
2nd marua muru
3rd rua ru
Paucal 1st Exclusive mateu mete
Inclusive teu te
2nd matou moto
3rd tou to
Plural 1st Exclusive mia mi
Inclusive hita si
2nd mua mu
3rd ria ri

Choctaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean [Term?]. Cognate with Alabama aɬɬa, Chickasaw aiya, Creek a'yetv, Koasati aththa. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ia (dual ittiachi, plural ilhkoli)

  1. To go.

Derived terms

  • akka ia
  • ant ia
  • ata̱klʋt ia
  • awant ia
  • chukka ia
  • falamʋt ia
  • isht ia
  • issʋt ia
  • ittillaui hosh ia
  • misha ia
  • na ia
  • nusit ia
  • ont ia
  • ti̱kba ia
  • tikba ia
  • ʋba ia

References

  • “ia”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Chuukese

Adverb

ia

  1. where

Dutch

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

ia

  1. hee-haw

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -a (correlative suffix of kind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈia/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Audio 3:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: i‧a

Determiner

ia (plural iaj, accusative singular ian, accusative plural iajn)

  1. some kind of (indeterminate correlative of kind)

Derived terms

See also

Esperanto correlatives
interrogative demonstrative indefinite universal negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Further reading

Fijian

Conjunction

ia

  1. but

Synonyms

Finnish

Conjunction

ia

  1. obsolete spelling of ja

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

ia

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

ia (combining form i-, plural iarang)

  1. this

Declension

Garo determiners
case proximal distal
singular
“this” 		plural
“these” 		singular
“that” 		plural
“those”
nominative ia iarang ua uarang
accusative iako iarangko uako uarangko
dative iana iarangna uana uarangna
genitive iani iarangni uani uarangni
instrumental iachi iarangchi uachi uarangchi
locative iano iarango uano uarango
augmenting locative ianoni,
ianona,
iachini,
iachina,
ianoniko,
iachiniko 		iarangoni,
iarangona,
iarangchini,
iarangchina,
iarangoniko,
iarangchiniko 		uanoni,
uanona,
uachini,
uachina,
uanoniko,
uachiniko 		uarangoni,
uarangona,
uarangchini,
uarangchina,
uarangoniko,
uarangchiniko

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

ia

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/, [ˈi.jə]

Determiner

ia

  1. this, that

Pronoun

ia

  1. she, he, it

Derived terms

See also

Hawaiian personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person au, wau māua (exclusive)
kāua (inclusive) 		mākou (exclusive)
kākou (inclusive)
2nd person ʻoe ʻolua ʻoukou
3rd person ia, ʻo ia lāua lākou

Particle

ia

  1. obsolete spelling of ʻia, iā, and iʻa

Hiri Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. third-person singular pronoun: he/she/it, him/her/it

See also

Hiri Motu personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person lau ai (exclusive)
ita (inclusive)
2nd person oi umui
3rd person ia idia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Māori ia, Tagalog siya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈia̯/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

ia

  1. they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)
    Ia mengajarkan muridnya di sekolah.
    They taught his students at school.
  2. it (used to refer to a non-human living thing)
    Burung bisa terbang karena ia mempunyai sayap.
    A bird can fly because it has wings

Synonyms

Jarai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ia

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • Joshua Jensen, Jarai Clauses and Noun Phrases: Syntactic Structures (2014, →ISBN

Lindu

Pronoun

ia

  1. he; she; they (singular)

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Malay ya.

Particle

ia

  1. particle emphasizing an imminent action
    Azinha vai casa-ia, logo cai chuva ― Let's get home quickly, it's going to rain
    Iou tâ vâi-ia! ― Be right there!
    Dessâ vai-ia! ― Let it be!
    Tâ fêde-ia ― She's pregnant now
    Pacência-iá. ― Be patient.
    Já têm-ia! ― I've got it!
    Más bôm trabalâ-ia manejante têm aqui! ― We'd better get to work, the boss is here!

Usage notes

  • Usually appended at the end of another word (regardless of part of speech), connected with a hyphen.

References

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

Pronoun

ia (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗᨕ)

  1. he, she, it, they (third person)

See also

Makasar free and bound pronouns
independent absolutive nominative possessive
1st sg / 1st pl exclusive nakke -a' ku- -ku
1st pl exclusive (archaic) kambe -kang ki- -mang
1st pl inclusive / 2nd sg polite katte -ki' ki- -ta
2nd sg / pl familiar kau -ko nu- -nu
3rd sg / pl ia -i na- -na

Malasanga

Etymology

Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ia

  1. fish

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) (ia)
  • John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012) (iə)

Malay

Alternative forms

  • (Etymology 2): iya

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia (Jawi spelling اي, cliticized form -nya)

  1. Genderless third person pronoun; he, she, they.
    Ia merupakan Perdana Menteri Kanada.
    He is the Prime Minister of Canada.
  2. Pronoun for something that is being discussed; it.
    Benda yang paling mengejutkan tentang universiti ini ialah bahawa ia sudah wujud untuk lebih daripada 500 tahun.
    The most surprising thing about this university is that it has existed for more than 500 years.
Derived terms
Affixations
See also
Malay personal pronouns
Singular Plural
1st person

saya1
aku3

kita4
kami2 & 5
kita orang3 & 5

2nd person

awak1
anda2
awda8
(eng)kau3
kamu3

(2nd person) + semua6
kalian2
(eng)kau orang3

3rd person

dia
ia
beliau7
-nya2

mereka2
dia orang3

1 Polite.
2 Formal.
3 Informal.
4 Includes the listener (inclusive).
5 Excludes the listener (exclusive).
6 Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
7 Honorific.
8 Formal (Brunei).

Notes:
  • This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
  • The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
  • The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
  • The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.
See each entry for more information.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

ia (Jawi spelling اي)

  1. Used to express affirmation; yes.
    Synonyms: ya, haah (informal)
    Antonyms: tak, tidak, bukan
    Ia, itulah jawapan saya.
    Yes, that is my answer.
Derived terms
Affixations
  • beria
  • beria-ia
  • iakan
  • mengia
  • pengiaan
  • seia

Further reading

  • "ia" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian ia, Tagalog siya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈia/ [ˈiɐ]

Pronoun

ia

  1. they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)
    I titiro ia ki te kurī.
    They looked at the dog.

See also

Māori personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person au, ahau māua (exclusive)
tāua (inclusive) 		mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person koe kōrua koutou
3rd person ia rāua rātou

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French ja, from Latin iam.

Adverb

ia

  1. already
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 61:
      le Roi Artus estoit ia couché
      King Arthur was already in bed

Descendants

  • French: jà (obsolete)

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she, it

See also

Niuean personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person au maua (exclusive)
taua (inclusive) 		mautolu (exclusive)
tautolu (inclusive)
2nd person koe mua mutolu
3rd person ia laua lautolu

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑː/

Adverb

ia

  1. alternative form of ġēa

Otomaco

Etymology

Compare Taparita ia.

Noun

ia

  1. water

References

Piaroa

Noun

ia

  1. clipping of ahiia

References

  • A. Ernst, Upper Orinoco Vocabularies

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir
  2. (informal) alternative form of iria

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she

See also

Rapa Nui personal pronouns
independent singular dual plural
1st person au māua (exclusive)
tāua (inclusive) 		mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person koe kōrua
3rd person ia rāua

Romanian

Etymology

Perhaps from one of several similar words in neighboring languages, or perhaps from iacă. Alternatively, perhaps a spontaneous creation of expression.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophone: ea

Interjection

ia

  1. used to attract attention to the speaker; well, now, now then

Verb

ia

  1. inflection of lua:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Romansh

Pronoun

ia (Surmiran)

  1. alternative form of jau (“I”)

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

ia

  1. he, she
    E fanau mai e ia le tama tane, e te faaigoa foi ia te ia o Iesu; aua e faaola e ia lona nuu ai a latou agasala.
    And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

See also

Samoan personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person aʻu, ʻou māʻua, mā (exclusive)
tāʻua, tā (inclusive) 		mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person ʻoe, ʻe ʻoulua ʻoutou, tou
3rd person ia, na lāʻua lātou

Particle

ia

  1. Precedes a name to mark it as a direct object

Sranan Tongo

Adverb

ia

  1. obsolete form of dya

Taparita

Etymology

Compare Otomaco ia.

Noun

ia

  1. water

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

    From English ear.

    Noun

    ia

    1. (anatomy) ear

    Synonyms

    Tokelauan

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈi.a]
    • Hyphenation: i‧a

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Polynesian *ia. Cognates include Hawaiian ia and Samoan ia.

    Pronoun

    ia

    1. he, she
    See also
    Tokelauan personal pronouns
    independent singular dual plural
    long short
    1st person (exclusive) au, kita1 ki māua ki mā ki mātou
    1st person (inclusive) ― ki tāua ki tā ki tātou
    2nd person koe koulua koutou
    3rd person ia ki lāua ki lā ki lātou
    agentive clitic singular dual plural
    1st person (exclusive) kō ki mā ki mātou
    1st person (inclusive) ― ki tā ki tātou
    2nd person kē koulua koutou
    3rd person ia ki lā ki lātou

    1) Sympathetic
    Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase.

    Article

    ia

    1. The personal article.
      • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎[1], page 1:
        Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino
        We, the people of Tokelau, say openly
    Usage notes
    Derived terms
    See also
    Tokelauan articles
    impersonal
    singular plural
    definite te nā
    indefinite he ni
    personal
    nominal pronominal
    simple ia
    after i/ki a a te
    after mai ia te

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Polynesian *ia. Cognates include Māori ia and Samoan ia.

    Particle

    ia

    1. Emphasises the preceding noun.

    Interjection

    ia

    1. Used to attract attention; hey, oi
    2. Used to introduce a new topic; so, anyway

    References

    • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 26

    Tolai

    Etymology

    From Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

    Pronoun

    ia

    1. Third-person singular pronoun: he, him; she, her

    Declension

    Tolai personal pronouns
    singular dual paucal plural
    1st person
    exclusive     		iau amir
    mir     		amital
    mital     		avet
    ave1
    1st person
    inclusive     		- dor datal dat
    da1
    2nd person u amur
    mur     		amutal
    mutal     		avat
    ava1
    3rd person ia
    i     		dir
    di     		dital diat
    dia1

    1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

    Uneapa

    Etymology

    From Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    ia

    1. he
    2. she
    3. it

    Further reading

    • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365

    Vandalic

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *jahw, cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌷 (jah), Old English ġe.

    Conjunction

    ia

    1. and
      • c390, De conviviis barbaris
        Inter eils Gothicum scapia matzia ia drincan / non audet quisquam dignos educere versus.
        Between the Gothic [cries] “Hail” and “Let’s get [something to] eat and drink” / nobody dares to put forth decent verses.

    Welsh

    Etymology

    From ie with the unstressed final vowel lowered from /ɛ/ to /a/, a feature of north-west Walian speech.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈiː.a/, /ja/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -iːa

    Particle

    ia

    1. (North Wales, colloquial) yes, aye
      Synonym: ie
      Antonyms: naci, nage
      Fo ’di dy dad di? Ia, dyna fo.
      Is he your dad? Yes, that’s him.
    2. (North Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-finally when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)
      Synonym: ife
      Fo ’di dy dad, ia?
      He’s your dad, is he?

    Usage notes

    • Used to reply to questions or statements with a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. For a regular unemphatic verb-initial question or statement, other words of agreement are employed.
    • Used in this way, the characteristically colloquial northern. In the standard and colloquial southern language, ie is the preferred form.
    • When used sentence-finally in the north, it follows a sentene containing a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. The equivalent southern particle is ife.

    References

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ia”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

    West Makian

    Etymology

    Compare Ternate gia, Sahu giama.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/

    Noun

    ia

    1. hand
      Synonyms: kamma, (polite) joujou

    References

    • James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics
    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics
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