ayia

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Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *ad vix, from Latin ad + vix. Compare Romanian abia.

Adverb[edit]

ayia

  1. barely, hardly

Baoule[edit]

ayia

Etymology[edit]

cf. Anyi ahia

Noun[edit]

ayia

  1. danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera)[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 175
  2. ^ "kotibé" in Lafage, Suzanne (2002) “Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire : appropriation et créativité”, in Le français en Afrique[2] (in French), numbers 16, 17