pia

See also Pia

English

Noun

pia (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord
   • 2009 January 25, Denis Campbell, “Kian, 4, needs a miracle. He's in the right place”:

     One screen in the theatre relays live colour pictures of Harkness and his colleague Tiernan Byrnes's progress, cutting and pushing through first the dura, then the arachnoid and finally the pia, the thin, spider's web-type membranes that cover the brain itself.

Anagrams

• API, IAP, IPA

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Esperanto

Adjective

pia (plural piaj, accusative singular pian, accusative plural piajn)

1. pious

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Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *pia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian rumbia

Noun

pia

1. Polynesian arrowroot
2. starch

Etymology 2

English beer

Noun

pia

1. beer

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Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from piál.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpijɒ/

Noun

pia (plural piák)

1. (slang) booze, drink, grog, liquor

Declension

declension of pia singular plural nominative pia piák accusative piát piákat dative piának piáknak instrumental piával piákkal causal-final piáért piákért translative piává piákká terminative piáig piákig essive-formal piaként piákként essive-modal - - inessive piában piákban superessive pián piákon adessive piánál piáknál illative piába piákba sublative piára piákra allative piához piákhoz elative piából piákból delative piáról piákról ablative piától piáktól

possessives of pia possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. piám piáim 2nd person sing. piád piáid 3rd person sing. piája piái 1st person plural piánk piáink 2nd person plural piátok piáitok 3rd person plural piájuk piáik

Derived terms

• piás

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Italian

Adjective

pia f

1. feminine form of pio

Anagrams

• api, Api, IPA

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Latin

Adjective

pia

1. nominative feminine singular of pius
2. nominative neuter plural of pius
3. accusative neuter plural of pius
4. vocative feminine singular of pius
5. nominative neuter plural of pius

piā

1. ablative feminine singular of pius

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Portuguese

Noun

pia

1. sink
2. basin

Verb

pia

1. Form of piar

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Swahili

Adverb

pia

1. all