ia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ia"

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Interlingua or Interlingua interlingua.

Symbol

ia

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

Aromanian

Pronoun

ia f

alternative form of ea

Bariai

Noun

ia

fish

References

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

Basque

Etymology

From Latin iam.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

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

Adverb

ia (not comparable)

almost

Bola

Pronoun

ia

third person singular

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)

To go.

Derived terms

References

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

Chuukese

Adverb

ia

where

Dutch

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Interjection

ia

hee-haw

Derived terms

iaën

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto i-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto ia

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)

some kind of (indeterminate correlative of kind)

Derived terms

ia ajn (“any kind of”)
iasence

Fijian

Etymology

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

Conjunction

ia

but, however
Synonyms: ga, ia ka

Au via lako ia sa sega ni rawa.
I want to go but it is not possible.

Derived terms

ia ka (“but, however”)

References

Gatty, Ronald (2009), “ia”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 92

Finnish

Conjunction

ia

obsolete spelling of ja

Anagrams

ai

Galician

Verb

ia

(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)

this

Declension

Garo determiners
case	proximal		distal
case	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

iah
yah (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Interjection

ia

hee-haw (cry of an ass or donkey)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia,^[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *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. Cognates include Māori ia and Samoan ia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.a/, [ˈi.jə]

Determiner

ia

this, that

Pronoun

ia

he, she, it (third person singular pronoun)

Derived terms

ʻo ia

Particle

ia

obsolete spelling of ʻia, iā, and iʻa

References

^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Hiri Motu

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ia

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

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

they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)
Ia mengajarkan muridnya di sekolah.
They taught his students at school.
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

dia
beliau

Jarai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ia/

Noun

ia

water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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

Lindu

Pronoun

ia

he; she; they (singular)

Macanese

Alternative forms

iá (stressed)

Etymology

Possibly from Malay ya.

Particle

ia

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

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

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

Pronoun

ia (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗᨐ or 𑻱𑻳𑻬)

he, she, it, they (third person)

Malasanga

Etymology

Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ia

fish

Malay

Alternative forms

(Etymology 2): iya

Pronunciation

(Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [i.jə]
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -iə, -ə
(Literary Standard) IPA^(key): [i.ja]
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -ia, -a
Hyphenation: i‧a

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)

Genderless third person pronoun; he, she, they.
Ia merupakan Perdana Menteri Kanada.
He is the Prime Minister of Canada.
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

ialah

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

ia (Jawi spelling اي)

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

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ia,^[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *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. Cognates include Hawaiian ia and Samoan ia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈia/ [ˈiɐ]

Pronoun

ia

he / she / it (third person singular pronoun)
I titiro ia ki te kurī.
S/he looked at the dog.

References

^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Middle French

Alternative forms

ja

Etymology

From Old French ja, from Latin iam.

Adverb

ia

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

he, she, it

References

Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 130

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɑː/

Adverb

ia

alternative form of ġēa

Otomaco

Etymology

Compare Taparita ia.

Noun

ia

water

References

Tierra Firme (other copy)

Piaroa

Noun

ia

clipping of ahiia

References

A. Ernst, Upper Orinoco Vocabularies

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɐ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -iɐ
Hyphenation: i‧a

Verb

ia

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir
(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

he, she

Romanian

Alternative forms

i- — colloquial

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

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

Related terms

iacă
iată

Verb

ia

inflection of lua:

Romansh

Pronoun

ia (Surmiran)

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

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.

Particle

ia

Precedes a name to mark it as a direct object

References

Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 81

Sranan Tongo

Adverb

ia

obsolete form of dya

Taparita

Etymology

Compare Otomaco ia.

Noun

ia

water

References

Tierra Firme (other copy)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ear.

Noun

ia

(anatomy) ear

Synonyms

yau

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈi.a]
Hyphenation: i‧a

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

ia

he, she

Article

ia

The personal article.
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[4], page 1:
  Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino
  We, the people of Tokelau, say openly

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

ia te

Etymology 2

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

Particle

ia

Emphasises the preceding noun.

Interjection

ia

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

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], 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

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

IPA^(key): /ia/

Pronoun

ia

Vandalic

Etymology

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

Conjunction

ia

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.

Waigeo

Pronoun

ia

third person singular animate subject pronoun: he, she

References

Arnold, Laura (2018), Grammar of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Raja Ampat, west New Guinea (PhD thesis)‎^[6]

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

(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.
(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

hand
Synonyms: kamma, (polite) joujou

References

James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[7], Pacific linguistics
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8], Pacific linguistics

[1] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

[2] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

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

		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
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

	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

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

	Singular	Plural
1^st person	saya¹ aku³	kita⁴ kami^{2 & 5} kita orang^{3 & 5}
2^nd person	awak¹ anda² awda⁸ (eng)kau³ kamu³	(2^nd person) + semua⁶ kalian² (eng)kau orang³
3^rd person	dia ia beliau⁷ -nya²	mereka² dia orang³

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

Translingual

Etymology

Symbol

See also

Aromanian

Pronoun

Bariai

Noun

References

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Bola

Pronoun

See also

Choctaw

Etymology

Verb

Derived terms

References

Chuukese

Adverb

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Interjection

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Determiner

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Fijian

Etymology

Conjunction

Derived terms

References

Finnish

Conjunction

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

Garo

Etymology

Pronoun

Declension

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

Hawaiian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Determiner

Pronoun

Derived terms

See also

Particle

References

Hiri Motu

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Synonyms

Jarai

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Lindu

Pronoun

Macanese

Alternative forms