paia

See also: Paia, paiâ, païa, and Pāʻia

Ese

Noun

paia

1. pocketknife

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: pà‧ia

Noun

paia f

1. plural of paio

Verb

paia

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of parere

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian paglia, from Latin palea.

Noun

paia f

1. straw

Portuguese

Etymology

From palha (“straw”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.ɐ/ [ˈpaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.ɐ/ [ˈpaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.a/ [ˈpaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: pai‧a

Adjective

paia m or f (plural paias)

1. (Brazil, South Brazil, Northeast Brazil, slang) boring, uninteresting, monotonous
2. (Brazil, South Brazil, Northeast Brazil, slang) of bad quality; inefficient

Noun

paia m (plural paias)

1. (Brazil, South Brazil, Northeast Brazil, slang) the bad thing

   O paia é que estou doente e não poderei viajar.

   The bad thing is that I'm ill and won't be able to travel.

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English fire, from Middle English fier, from Old English fȳr, a regularised form of *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaja/

Noun

paia

1. fire; flame
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:

     God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

     →New International Version translation

2. anger
3. lightning

Verb

paia

1. To burn

Related terms

• paiawut

Tokelauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan pa'ia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paia

1. holiness

Verb

paia

1. (stative) to be holy

Derived terms

• Agāga Paia

 

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 256