kia

See also: Kia, KIA, kiá, kía, ki'a, and kià

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot kia.

Pronoun

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau
• John Dyneley Prince (1902) “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist, volume 4, pages 17–32

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Esperanto

Etymology

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +‎ -a (correlative suffix of kind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ki‧a

Determiner

kia (accusative singular kian, plural kiaj, accusative plural kiajn)

1. what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind)

   Mi ne scias kian koloron almeti por la ĉielo.

   I do not know what kind of color to put on for the sky.

Derived terms

• kia ajn (“whatever kind of”)

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kia can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kia ajn thus means whatever kind of.

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tia, from Proto-Oceanic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Noun

kia

1. pillar, post

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian بخیه (baxiye, “stitch, suture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia̯]
• Hyphenation: kia

Verb

kia

1. (archaic) to stitch.

   Synonym: jahit

Further reading

• “kia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki kia.

Pronoun

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

References

• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kia

1. that, over there
2. other, opposite
   • 2009, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Trái tim của Bụt, Tổng hợp TP. Hồ Chí Minh, page 14

     Khi ngồi nhìn lên chúng ta nghĩ đó là phía trên, nhìn xuống ta nghĩ đó là phía dưới. Nhưng cùng một lúc đó, đồng loại ta ở phía bên kia địa cầu nhìn sẽ thấy ngược lại.

     When we are seated and look up, we imagine that is above; looking down we imagine that is below. But at the same time, people at the other side of the world will see it the other way around.

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives
Laurence Thompson (1965), Vietnamese Grammar
					Unspecified					Close to the speaker or newly introduced					Remote, already identified
PLACE đ- (first register)					đâu ‘wherever’					đây ‘here’					đấy ‘there’
REFERENCE n- (second register)					nào ‘whichever’					này ‘this’					nọ ‘that’
PROPORTION b- (first register)					bao ‘to whatever extent’					bây ‘to this extent’					bấy ‘to that extent’
MANNER s- (first register) v- (second register)					sao ‘however’					vầy ‘this way’					vậy ‘that way’
Nguyễn Phú Phong (1992), “Vietnamese Demonstratives Revisited”
				D• (Indefinite)				D1 (Proximal)				D2 (Medial)				D3 (Distal)
+NOM(inal)				đâu place-what				đây place-this				đấy place-that1
±NOM(inal)												đó (place-)that1				kia (place-)that2
–NOM(inal)				nào what				nầy this				nấy/ấy that1				nọ that2

Vietnamese demonstratives (alternative version)

	Proximal (*-iː)	Distal 1 (*-iːʔ)	Distal 2 (*-əːʔ)	Distal 3/ Remote (*-ɔːʔ)	Interrogative (rime was a rounded back vowel)
Place, attributive1 n-	ni nì này	nấy	nớ	nọ	nào
Place, nominal2 đ-	đây	đí đấy	—	đó	đâu
Manner r-	ri rày	—	rứa	—	ru sao3
Extent 14 b-	bây	bấy	—	—	bao
Extent 25 v-	vầy	vậy	—	—	—
1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language). 2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”). 3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant). 4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”). 5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).

Adverb

kia

1. over there

Derived terms

• kia kìa