nia
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
nia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien 爾/尔 (niā, “only”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
nia
- (Singlish) Used to downplay the intensity of something that has been overestimated. Might indicate a slight belittling tone.
- Don't so kiam siap can anot? That one only five cents nia. ― Come on, don't be so stingy. That costs only five cents.
Anagrams[edit]
Abenaki[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate to Penobscot nis (“I”).
Pronoun[edit]
nia
- I (the singular first person pronoun)
References[edit]
- Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 58
- John Dyneley Prince (1902), “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist, volume 4, page 28 of 17–32
Bavarian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nej (Northern Bavarian)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nia
Ese[edit]
Noun[edit]
nia
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Determiner[edit]
nia (plural niaj, accusative singular nian, accusative plural niajn)
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
nia
- third-person singular past historic of nier
Anagrams[edit]
Garo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ni- + -a This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb[edit]
nia (transitive)
Ido[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nia
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien 領/领 (niá, “collar”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nia (first-person possessive niaku, second-person possessive niamu, third-person possessive nianya)
Further reading[edit]
- “nia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish nïa, from Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss (compare Welsh nai), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /napā/), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nia m (genitive singular nia, nominative plural nianna)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “nia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nia, niae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ladin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nia
Adverb[edit]
nia
Machiguenga[edit]
Noun[edit]
nia
- water
- 1999, Bibliografía peruana, page 140:
- Ogari nia onti pairo okametiti = El agua es muy buena : libro n.o 7; machiguenga con traducción al castellano.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
References[edit]
- Pueblos del Perú (2006)
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
nia
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss (compare Welsh nai), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /napā/), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nïa m (genitive nïad or nïeth, nominative plural nïaid)
- nephew, sister’s son
Inflection[edit]
Masculine t-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | nia | nïaidL, nia | nïaid |
Vocative | nia | nïaidL, nia | nïada |
Accusative | nïaidN | nïaidL, nia | nïada |
Genitive | nïad, nïeth | nïad, nïeth | nïadN |
Dative | nïaidL | nïadaib | nïadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Coordinate terms[edit]
- (gender): necht
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nïa also nnïa after a proclitic |
nïa pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nia, niae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Penobscot[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nia
- I (the singular first person pronoun)
References[edit]
- J. Dyneley Prince (1902), “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist, volume 4
- 1918, Frank G. Speck, Newell Lion, Penobscot Transformer Tales, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3 (August 1918)
Suki[edit]
Noun[edit]
nia
References[edit]
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, Donald C. Laycock, Pacific linguistic studies in honour of Arthur Capell (1970), page 1260: The Suki word for water, nia, has certainly been borrowed from languages in the Mai Kussa-Pahoturi area (Warubi, Mikud, Agob) where it is widespread. From suki it will have found its way into Zimakani (neia).
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
nia (n class, plural nia)
Verb[edit]
-nia (infinitive kunia)
Conjugation[edit]
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the digit nio (“nine”).
Noun[edit]
nia c
- nine; the digit "9"
- ninth-grader; pupil in the ninth and last year of compulsory school
- a class of ninth-graders
- (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) the ninth year in school
- De barnen går i nian.
- Those children are in ninth grade.
- De barnen går i nian.
- a person who finish a competition as number nine
- (slang) a face
Declension[edit]
Declension of nia | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nia | nian | nior | niorna |
Genitive | nias | nians | niors | niornas |
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From ni (“you”) + -a, a common way of forming verbs in Swedish. First attested in 1731.[1]
Verb[edit]
nia (present niar, preterite niade, supine niat, imperative nia)
Usage notes[edit]
The term nia has varied considerably over time and location. After the 1960s and 1970s, the word du has in Sweden been used almost exclusively as second person personal pronoun, with a slight change in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when, for example, staff in restaurants and shops began to use ni towards the customers. Before the 1960s, however, there was a difference in use between Sweden and Finland: in both cases du was mainly used within family, among close friends, and when speaking to children. In Sweden, people with higher social statuses usually were addressed with surname and/or title, or if those were unknown, by reconstructing the sentence to use the passive voice or by using herr (Mr.), fru (Mrs.), or fröken (Miss), whereas people with lower statuses were addressed using ni. In Finland, the difference in status was not as commonly taken into account, and instead ni was used as the polite choice of pronoun regardless of social status.
Conjugation[edit]
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | nia | nias | ||
Supine | niat | niats | ||
Imperative | nia | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | nien | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | niar | niade | nias | niades |
Ind. plural1 | nia | niade | nias | niades |
Subjunctive2 | nie | niade | nies | niades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | niande | |||
Past participle | niad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Antonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Svenska Akademiens ordbok, column D2307
Anagrams[edit]
Tetum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni-a, compare Malay dia and Nias ia and Tagalog niya.
Pronoun[edit]
nia
Timucua[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Tawasa néăh (“woman”).
Noun[edit]
nia
References[edit]
- Julian Granberry, A Grammar and Dictionary of the Timucua Language (1993, →ISBN
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nia
Further reading[edit]
- "nia" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
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