bia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bia"

Languages (30)

Translingual

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Anyi • Atong (India) • Baoule • Basque • Bislama • Cimbrian • Garo • Indonesian • Irish • Kunama • Mandarin • Mizo • Mòcheno • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Notre • Old English • Old Irish • Papiamentu • Pijin • Portuguese • Romansh • Swahili • Ternate • Tok Pisin • Vietnamese • Yagaria • Yoruba • Zoogocho Zapotec

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Translingual

Symbol

bia

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Badimaya.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Badimaya terms

Anyi

Noun

bia

1. chair

Atong (India)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha).

Noun

bia

1. wedding

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Baoule

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

bia

1. chair

Basque

Numeral

bia

1. absolutive singular of bi

Bislama

Etymology

From English beer. Cognate with Pijin and Tok Pisin bia.

Noun

bia

1. beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)

   Bia blong mi hem i aes finis.

   My beer is frozen.

Derived terms

• bia we i gat tut (“Tusker beer”, literally “beer that has teeth [on it]”) (slang)
• dram blong bia (“beer keg”)
• skin blong bia (styrofoam cooler for beer can or bottle)
• tang blong bia (“beer keg”)

References

• Crowley, Terry (2003), “bia”, in A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 48

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wie. Cognate with German wie; see there for more.

Adverb

bia

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna, interrogative) how

   Bia hòosentza d'ôarn khindar?

   What are your children's names?

   (literally, “How are your children called?”)

Conjunction

bia

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) how

   Tüa bia 's ghéet bóol.

   Do it how it's done properly.

Derived terms

• ambìa
• andarstbìa
• biavl, biivel

References

• “bia” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Garo

Etymology 1

From bi- (“third person pronoun”) +‎ -a (“nominalizing suffix used with monosyllabic pronouns”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronoun

bia (third person nominative, singular, accusative biko, genitive bini, dative bina)(combining form bi-)

1. he, she

Usage notes

• bia is rarely used in written language; ua is preferred when writing.

See also

Garo personal pronouns

	singular		plural
	isolated form	combining form	isolated form	combining form
1st person	anga	ang-	chinga (exclusive) an·ching, na·ching (inclusive)	ching- (exclusive)
2nd person	na·a	nang·-	na·ong, na·song, na·simang	—
3rd person	bia	bi-	bisong, bisimang	—

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Bengali বিয়া (biẏa).

Verb

bia

1. to wed

Noun

bia

1. wedding

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbia/ [ˈbi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bi‧a

Noun

bia (plural bia-bia)

1. nonstandard form of bea (“tax, custom duty, expense”)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲiə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bíad (compare Scottish Gaelic biadh), from Proto-Celtic *beitom (compare Welsh bwyd), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Alternative forms

• biadh (superseded)

Noun

bia m (genitive singular bia or bídh, nominative plural bianna)

1. food
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:

     īmšə gax ilə hōŕc biə.

     [Ithimse gach uile shórt bia.]

     I eat every kind of food.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:

     ńȧrtr̥ gax dinə lē biə mŭȧ.

     [Neartar gach duine le bia maith.]

     Everyone is strengthened by good food.

2. inner part of shelled, rinded, food
3. substance

Declension

Declension of bia (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bia bianna vocative a bhia a bhianna genitive bia bianna dative bia bianna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bia na bianna genitive an bhia na mbianna dative leis an mbia don bhia leis na bianna

• Alternative genitive singular: bídh

Derived terms

• aiste bia
• banc bia
• bia éanáin
• bia stáin
• bia-eolaí
• bia-eolaíocht
• biachlár
• biadhamhail
• biafhachtóir
• biamhar
• biatach
• capall na hoibre an bia (“an army marches on its stomach”)
• réim bia

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ·bia.

Verb

bia

1. (obsolete) future analytic dependent of bí

Mutation

Mutated forms of bia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bia	bhia	mbia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Kunama

Noun

bia

1. water

References

• Ehret, Christopher (2001), A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte; 12)‎^[1], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN.

Mandarin

Romanization

bia

1. nonstandard spelling of biā

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *bia.

Verb

bia (stem II biak)

1. to speak, talk

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “bia”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wie. Cognate with German wie; see there for more.

Adverb

bia

1. how

References

• “bia” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bien

Noun

bia f sg

1. definite feminine singular of bie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse biða.

Alternative forms

• bie

Verb

bia (present tense biar or bier, past tense bia or bidde, past participle bia or bidd, present participle biande, imperative bi)

1. (intransitive) to wait

   Synonym: venta

2. (intransitive) to go without eating
3. (intransitive) to persist

Noun

bia f (definite singular bia, indefinite plural bier or bior, definite plural biene or bione)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bie
2. definite singular of bie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bý (“bee”).

Noun

bia f (definite singular bia, indefinite plural bier or bior, definite plural biene or bione)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bie
2. definite singular of bie

Notre

Noun

bìá

1. child

References

• Angela Kluge and Ebenezer Boafo, A sociolinguistic survey of the Boulba (Notre) language area, SIL Journal of Language Survey Reports (2010), citing their own data and Prost (1974)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɑ/

Verb

bia

1. (Mercian, hapax legomenon) alternative form of bēo (imperative)
2. (Northumbrian) alternative form of bēo (subjunctive)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bía

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲi.a/

Etymology 1

Verb

bïa

1. first-person singular future absolute of at·tá

Verb

·bïa

1. third-person singular future conjunct of at·tá

Etymology 2

Verb

·bïa

1. third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Mutation of bia

radical	lenition	nasalization
bia	bia pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• biahe (synonym)
• biaha (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese viajar and Spanish viajar and Kabuverdianu viaji.

Noun

bia

1. travel, journey
2. times as in "three times is too much"

Verb

bia

1. to travel

Pijin

Etymology

From English beer. Cognate with Bislama and Tok Pisin bia.

Noun

bia

1. beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)

   Mi laekem wan kol bia afta wok.

   I like a cold beer after work.

Derived terms

• kastom bia (“betel nut, areca nut (Areca catechu)”, literally “kastom beer”) (from the slight high when chewing the traditional nut)

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “bia”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 18–9

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *beuzą

Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ

Old English bēor

Middle English ber

English beerbor.

Portuguese bia

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɐ/

Noun

bia f (plural bias)

1. (US, Brazil, rare) beer

   Synonym: cerveja

Further reading

• “bia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

Alternative forms

• bler (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader)
• blear (Sutsilvan)
• bger (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin valde.

Adjective

bia m (feminine singular biara, masculine plural biars, feminine plural biaras)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) much, a lot of

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *beuzą

Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ

Old English bēor

Middle English ber

English beerbor.

Swahili bia

Borrowed from English beer.

Noun

bia class IX (plural bia class X)

1. commercial beer

See also

• pombe (“native beer”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

Noun

bia class IX (plural bia class X)

1. cooperation, partnership (where each person pays their share)

Derived terms

• mbia (“partner”)
• ubia (“partnership, joint venture”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀gá (“pot”).

Noun

bia class V (plural mabia class VI)

1. large cooking pot

Derived terms

• kibia

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate to Pagu biang, Tobelo bianga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.a/

Noun

bia (Jawi بيا)

1. shellfish, mollusks

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English beer. Cognate with Bislama and Pijin bia.

Noun

bia

1. beer

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 9

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiə˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bière, from Middle Dutch bier.

Noun

bia

1. beer

   bụng bia ― a beer belly

Derived terms

• bia bọt
• bia hơi
• bụng bia
• hoa bia
• rượu bia

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 碑 (“stele”, SV: bi).

Noun

bia (classifier tấm, cái)

1. tombstone; gravestone; stele; monument
2. (by extension) target (for shooting); bullseye

Yagaria

Etymology

Probably a loanword from English beer.

Noun

bia

1. (Hua dialect) beer

References

• John Haiman, Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea

Yoruba

Ife bíà méje ní Jámánì

Etymology

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bí.à/

Noun

bíà

1. beer

   Hypernym: ọtí

Zoogocho Zapotec

Noun

bia

1. nopal

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000), Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 369