ia

See also IA, Ia, -ia, ía, iå, i-a, -ía, and iʻa

Basque

Adverb

ia

1. almost

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Esperanto

Etymology

i- (“indeterminate correlative prefix”) + -a (“correlative suffix of kind”)

Determiner

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

1. some kind of (indeterminate correlative of kind)

Derived terms

• ia ajn (“any kind of”)
• iasence

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Finnish

Conjunction

ia

1. Obsolete spelling of ja.

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German

Interjection

ia

1. hee-haw (cry)

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Hawaiian

Pronoun

ia

1. he / she

Derived terms

• ʻo ia

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

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Indonesian

Pronoun

ia

1. he
2. she

   Ia sedang kelaparan.

   • He is starving now.

   Ia suka musik pop.

   • She loves pop music.

Synonyms

• dia
• beliau

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Maori

Pronoun

ia

1. he
2. she

See also

Maori personal pronouns

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

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Portuguese

Verb

ia

1. first-, third-person singular indicative imperfect of ir

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Romanian

Etymology

Probably a spontaneous creation of expression. Also coincides with several similar words in neighboring languages. Another possibility is deriving from iacă.

Interjection

ia

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

Related terms

• iacă
• iată

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) jau
• (Sursilvan) jeu
• (Sutsilvan) jou
• (Puter) eau
• (Vallader) eu

Etymology

From Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

ia

1. (Surmiran) I

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Samoan

Pronoun

ia

1. he / she

See also

Samoan personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			a‘u, ‘ou	mā‘ua, mā (exclusive) tā‘ua, tā (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			‘oe, ‘e	‘oulua	‘outou, tou
3rd person			ia, na	lā‘ua	lātou

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Tok Pisin

Noun

ia

1. (anatomy) ear

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Vandalic

Conjunction

ia

1. and