lia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lia"

Languages (23)

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Symbol

lia

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for West-Central Limba.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of West-Central Limba terms

Albanian

Noun

lia

1. definite nominative singular of li

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay lihat.

Verb

lia

1. (intransitive) to see
2. (transitive) to look at

   Beta ada lia-lia baju sa ni. ― I'm just looking at clothes now.

3. (transitive) to watch
4. (transitive) to observe
5. (transitive) to spy, peek, snoop

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Late Latin illui

Italian luider.

Late Latin illui

French luider.

Spanish leder.

Esperanto li

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto lia

From li + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlia/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: li‧a

Determiner

lia (accusative singular lian, plural liaj, accusative plural liajn)

1. (possessive) his

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi2	ilin iŝin2	ilia iŝia2
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ Rare.

² Not widely used.

Further reading

• “lia”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lia”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

lia

1. third-person singular past historic of lier

Anagrams

• ail, lai

Galician

Verb

lia

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ler

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *halia by metathesis from earlier variant *lahia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liaʔ/

Noun

lia

1. ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ido

Determiner

lia

1. (possessive) their

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish lía, from Old Irish lië, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiə/, /lʲiə/
• Homophone: liath (Connacht, Ulster)

Noun

lia m (genitive singular lia, nominative plural liaga)

1. stone, pillar-stone

Declension

Declension of lia (irregular)

bare forms singular plural nominative lia liaga vocative a lia a liaga genitive lia liag dative lia liaga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lia na liaga genitive an lia na liag dative leis an lia don lia leis na liaga

Derived terms

• lia longadáin (“logan, logan stone, rocking stone”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish líaig, cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis) and English leech (“physician”).

Alternative forms

• liaigh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiəɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiə/
• (Ulster) see: liaigh
• Homophone: liath (Connacht)

Noun

lia m (genitive singular lia, nominative plural lianna)

1. healer, physician

Declension

Declension of lia (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lia lianna vocative a lia a lianna genitive lia lianna dative lia lianna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lia na lianna genitive an lia na lianna dative leis an lia don lia leis na lianna

• Alternative genitive singular and genitive plural form: liag

Derived terms

• banlia (“female physician”)
• cluaslia (“ear specialist”)
• lia ban (“gynaecologist”)
• lia comhairleach (“consultant”)
• lia súl (“oculist”)
• liacht (“medicine”)
• lialann (“surgery”)
• luibhlia (“herbalist”)
• máinlia (“surgeon”)
• súil-lia (“oculist”)
• tréidlia (“veterinarian”)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish lië, from Proto-Celtic *liyants (compare Welsh lliant), present participle of *liyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (compare Old Church Slavonic лити (liti, “to pour”), Lithuanian li̇́eti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiə/, /lʲiə/
• Homophone: liath (Connacht, Ulster)

Noun

lia m (genitive singular lia)

1. (literary) flood, torrent

Declension

Declension of lia (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative lia vocative a lia genitive lia dative lia forms with the definite article singular nominative an lia genitive an lia dative leis an lia don lia

Etymology 4

From Old Irish lïa (superlative of il (“many, much”)), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlīyos, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-yōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲiə/, /lʲiə/
• Homophone: liath (Connacht, Ulster)

Adjective

lia

1. more, more numerous

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “lia”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 659; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “liaiġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 660; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “lia”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Latin

Verb

līā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of līō

References

• "lia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi le.

Verb

-lia (infinitive kolia)

1. to eat

Lotha Naga

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *li, cognate to Chungli Ao ali (“to be”).

Verb

lia

1. to be, exist
2. to have

   Synonym: vana

Inflection

Inflection of lia

Formation	Tense			Imperative
	Present	Past	Future
Simple	liala	licho	liv	lia
Causative	litokala	litokcho	litokvü	litoka
Perfect	lithaka	lithakcho	lithakvü	—
Abilitative	likhoka	likhokcho	likhokvü	—

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 69
• Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland (2020), Lotha Bilingual Dictionary‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 August 2022, pages 103, 204
• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[3], Berkeley: University of California, page 194

Mandarin

Romanization

lia

1. nonstandard spelling of liǎ

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.

North Tukang Besi

Noun

lia

1. cave

References

• Mark Donohue (1999), A Grammar of Tukang Besi, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 541

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lia f

1. definite singular of li

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲi.a/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸleis, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-yōs.

Adjective

lïa

1. comparative degree of il: more
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^b7

     Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lïa de creitfess.

     Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.

Descendants

• Irish: lia

Etymology 2

Univerbation of la (“with”) +‎ a (“his, her, their”).

Determiner

lïa

1. (triggers lenition) with his, its m
2. (triggers h-prothesis) with her, its f
3. (triggers nasalization) with their

Mutation

Mutation of lia

radical	lenition	nasalization
lia also llia in h-prothesis environments	lia pronounced with /lʲ-/	lia also llia

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

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Homophone: Lia
• Hyphenation: li‧a

Verb

lia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ler
2. inflection of liar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Interjection

lia

1. obsolete form of li

References

• lia in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Romansh

Alternative forms

• ligia (Sursilvan)
• leia (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lia f (plural lias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) league

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlja/ [ˈlja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: lia

Verb

lia

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of liar

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Compare with Chichewa -dyera.

Verb

-lia (infinitive kulia)

1. Applicative form of -la: to eat with, for, or at

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkono wa kulia (“the right hand”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

Verb

-lia (infinitive kulia)

1. to cry, despair, lament

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lia
Positive present -nalia Subjunctive -lie Negative -lii Imperative singular lia
Infinitives
Positive kulia Negative kutolia
Imperatives
Singular lia Plural lieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulia Positive past positive subject concord + -lilia Negative past negative subject concord + -kulia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalia) Singular Plural 1st person ninalia/nalia tunalia 2nd person unalia mnalia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analia wanalia other classes positive subject concord + -nalia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lii) Singular Plural 1st person silii hatulii 2nd person hulii hamlii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halii hawalii other classes negative subject concord + -lii
Positive future positive subject concord + -talia Negative future negative subject concord + -talia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lie) Singular Plural 1st person nilie tulie 2nd person ulie mlie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alie walie other classes positive subject concord + -lie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alia) Singular Plural 1st person nalia twalia 2nd person walia mwalia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alia walia m-mi(III/IV) walia yalia ji-ma(V/VI) lalia yalia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalia vyalia n(IX/X) yalia zalia u(XI) walia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalia pa(XVI) palia mu(XVIII) mwalia
Perfect positive subject concord + -melia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolia Consecutive kalia / positive subject concord + -kalia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilia -tulia 2nd person -kulia -walia/-kulieni/-walieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlia -walia m-mi(III/IV) -ulia -ilia ji-ma(V/VI) -lilia -yalia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilia -vilia n(IX/X) -ilia -zilia u(XI) -ulia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulia pa(XVI) -palia mu(XVIII) -mulia Reflexive -jilia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -liaye -liao m-mi(III/IV) -liao -liayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lialo -liayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -liacho -liavyo n(IX/X) -liayo -liazo u(XI) -liao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -liako pa(XVI) -liapo mu(XVIII) -liamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelia -olia m-mi(III/IV) -olia -yolia ji-ma(V/VI) -lolia -yolia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholia -vyolia n(IX/X) -yolia -zolia u(XI) -olia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolia pa(XVI) -polia mu(XVIII) -molia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lilia
  • Causative: -liza
  • Passive: -liliwa
  • Reciprocal: -liana
  • Reduplicative: -lialia (“to whimper”)
  • Stative: -lilika

• Nominal derivations:
  • kilio
  • mlizi

Tetum

Etymology

See the Tetum noun lian.

Noun

lia

1. word
2. language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lia • (離)

1. to throw at an angle, to throw with a spin
   • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 203:

     Tiện tay anh lia luôn cuốn sổ vào gầm bàn, gừ lên một tiếng nữa.

     With a turn of his hand, he threw the notebook under the table and grunted once more.

Anagrams

• lai