ia

ia

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

ia f

1. Alternative form of ea

ia

1. fish

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

From Latin iam.

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

ia (not comparable)

1. almost

ia

1. where

Onomatopoeic

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ia

1. hee-haw

• iaën

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈia]
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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: i‧a

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

1. some kind of (indeterminate correlative of kind)

• ia ajn (“any kind of”)
• iasence

ia

1. but

• ga

ia

1. Obsolete spelling of ja

• ai

ia

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

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

ia (combining form i-, plural iarang)

1. this

• iah
• yah (obsolete)

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ia

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈia/, [ˈiə]

ia

1. this, that

ia

1. she, he, it

• ʻo ia

ia

1. Obsolete spelling of ʻia, iā, and iʻa

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

ia

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈia̯/

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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.

   Birds can fly because it have wings

• dia
• beliau

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

• IPA^(key): /ia/

ia

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

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

ia

1. he; she; they (singular)

• iá (stressed)

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!

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

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

ia (free pronoun)

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

Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

ia

1. fish

• 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)

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

• IPA^(key): /ia/
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [iə], [iʲə]

ia (Jawi spelling اي)

1. he, she

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.

ia

1. they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)

   I titiro ia ki te kurī.

   They looked at the dog.

• ja

From Old French ja, from Latin iam.

ia

1. already
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 61:

     le Roi Artus estoit ia couché

     King Arthur was already in bed

• French: jà (obsolete)

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.

ia

1. he, she, it

• IPA^(key): /jɑː/

ia

1. Alternative form of ġēa

Compare Taparita ia.

ia

1. water

• Tierra Firme (other copy)

ia

1. Clipping of ahiia.

• A. Ernst, Upper Orinoco Vocabularies

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧a

ia

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

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.

ia

1. he, she

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

• IPA^(key): /ja/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: ea

ia

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

• iacă
• iată

ia

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

ia (Surmiran)

1. Alternative form of jau (“I”)

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.

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.

ia

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

ia

1. Obsolete form of dya.

Compare Otomaco ia.

ia

1. water

• Tierra Firme (other copy)

From English ear.

ia

1. (anatomy) ear

• yau

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

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

ia

1. he, she

ia

1. The personal article.
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:

     Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino

     We, the people of Tokelau, say openly

• Used before a personal pronoun, proper noun, human collective, natural disaster or subject of a numeral not preceded by a preposition.

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

ia

1. Emphasises the preceding noun.

ia

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

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

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.

ia

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ia/

ia

1. he
2. she
3. it

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

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

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.a/, /ja/

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• Rhymes: -iːa

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?

• 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.

• 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

Compare Ternate gia, Sahu giama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.a/

ia

1. hand

   Synonyms: kamma, (polite) joujou

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