aiga

See also: Aiga and áigá

English

Noun

aiga (plural aigas)

1. The Samoan leader of a household.
2. A type of bus, typically a modified pickup truck, used by private entrepreneurs in American Samoa.

Anagrams

• Gaia

Karelian

Regional variants of aiga

North Karelian (Viena)	aika
South Karelian (Tver)	aiga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aika. Cognates include Finnish aika and Estonian aeg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ga

Noun

aiga (genitive aijan, partitive aigua)

1. (South Karelian) time

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of aiga (type 4/kala ig-ij gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aiga	aijat
genitive	aijan	aijoin
partitive	aigua	aigoida
illative	aigah	aigoih
inessive	aijašša	aijoissa
elative	aijašta	aijoista
adessive	aijalla	aijoilla
ablative	aijalda	aijoilda
translative	aijakši	aijoiksi
essive	aigana	aigoina
comitative	aijanke	aijoinke
abessive	aijatta	aijoitta

Possessive forms of aiga
1st person	aigani
2nd person	aigaš
3rd person	aigah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “aiga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan aigua, aiga, from Latin aqua. Compare Catalan aigua, Spanish agua, Galician auga.

Pronunciation

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• (Langadocian) IPA^(key): /ˈajɡɒ/
• (Limousin) IPA^(key): /ˈajɡɔ/
• (Auvergnat) IPA^(key): /ˈajɔ/
• (Vivaro-Alpine) IPA^(key): /ˈajɡə/
• (Marchés) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡ/

Noun

aiga f (plural aigas)

1. water

Derived terms

• rata d'aiga

Related terms

• aiganha
• aiganèu
• aigueta
• aiguièr
• aqüari
• aquatic
• aigat
• aigatge
• aiguièr
• aigaci
• aigadièr
• aigafòrt
• aigalós
• aiganèu
• aigassa
• aigassada
• aigassejar
• aigatinta
• aigaviva
• aigós

Old Occitan

Noun

aiga f (oblique plural aigas, nominative singular aiga, nominative plural aigas)

1. Alternative form of aigua

Samoan

Noun

aiga

1. relative
2. family