lia

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Contents 1 Esperanto 1.1 Determiner 2 French 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams 3 Ido 3.1 Determiner 4 Mandarin 4.1 Pinyin syllable 4.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Determiner

lia (plural liaj, accusative singular lian, accusative plural liajn)

1. (possessive) his

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

lia

1. third-person singular past historic form of lier

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ail
• lai

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[edit] Ido

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lia

1. (possessive) their

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

lia

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having the tone, liǎ.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.