nia

See also: NIA, nía, nĩa, niā, nią, -nia, and ni'a

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot nis (“I”).

Pronoun

nia

1. I (the singular first person pronoun)

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau

• John Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4 (1902)

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈnia/
• Hyphenation: ni‧a
• Rhymes: -ia

Determiner

nia (plural niaj, accusative singular nian, accusative plural niajn)

1. our

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French

Verb

nia

1. third-person singular past historic of nier

Anagrams

• n'ai

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Ido

Pronoun

nia

1. our

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Irish

Etymology

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 (napā), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiə/

Noun

nia m (genitive singular nia, nominative plural nianna)

1. nephew

Coordinate terms

• (gender): neacht
• (age): uncail
• (gender, age): aint, aintín

Further reading

• "nia" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 nia, niae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Ladin

Adjective

nia

1. no, not (after a negative) any

Adverb

nia

1. nothing, anything
2. at all

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Machiguenga

Noun

nia

1. 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.

References

• Pueblos del Perú (2006)

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• niae

Etymology

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 (napā), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲi.a/

Noun

nïa m (genitive nïad or nïeth, nominative plural nïaid)

1. nephew, sister’s son

Inflection

Masculine d-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: nia
• Manx: neear

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
nïa also nnïa after a proclitic	nïa pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	nïa also nnïa after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “2 nia, niae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki nis (“I”).

Pronoun

nia

1. I (the singular first person pronoun)

References

• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the 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)

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Suki

Noun

nia

1. water

References

• 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).

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic نِيَّة‎ (niyya).

Noun

nia (n class, plural nia)

1. intention

Verb

-nia (infinitive kunia)

1. to decide, intend, resolve

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nia
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kunia							kutonia
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					nia							nieni
Habitual					hunia
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive nilinia nalinia tulinia twalinia ulinia walinia mlinia mwalinia alinia walinia ulinia ilinia lilinia yalinia kilinia vilinia ilinia zilinia ulinia kulinia palinia mulinia Relative nilionia nalionia tulionia twalionia ulionia walionia mlionia mwalionia alionia walionia ulionia ilionia lilionia yalionia kilionia vilionia ilionia zilionia ulionia kulionia palionia mulionia Negative sikunia hatukunia hukunia hamkunia hakunia hawakunia haukunia haikunia halikunia hayakunia hakikunia havikunia haikunia hazikunia haukunia hakukunia hapakunia hamukunia
Present Positive ninania nania tunania unania mnania anania wanania unania inania linania yanania kinania vinania inania zinania unania kunania panania munania Relative ninaonia naonia tunaonia unaonia mnaonia anaonia wanaonia unaonia inaonia linaonia yanaonia kinaonia vinaonia inaonia zinaonia unaonia kunaonia panaonia munaonia Negative sinii hatunii hunii hamnii hanii hawanii haunii hainii halinii hayanii hakinii havinii hainii hazinii haunii hakunii hapanii hamunii
Future Positive nitania tutania utania mtania atania watania utania itania litania yatania kitania vitania itania zitania utania kutania patania mutania Relative nitakaonia tutakaonia utakaonia mtakaonia atakaonia watakaonia utakaonia itakaonia litakaonia yatakaonia kitakaonia vitakaonia itakaonia zitakaonia utakaonia kutakaonia patakaonia mutakaonia Negative sitania hatutania hutania hamtania hatania hawatania hautania haitania halitania hayatania hakitania havitania haitania hazitania hautania hakutania hapatania hamutania
Subjunctive Positive ninie tunie unie mnie anie wanie unie inie linie yanie kinie vinie inie zinie unie kunie panie munie Negative nisinie tusinie usinie msinie asinie wasinie usinie isinie lisinie yasinie kisinie visinie isinie zisinie usinie kusinie pasinie musinie
Present Conditional Positive ningenia tungenia ungenia mngenia angenia wangenia ungenia ingenia lingenia yangenia kingenia vingenia ingenia zingenia ungenia kungenia pangenia mungenia Negative nisingenia singenia tusingenia hatungenia usingenia hungenia msingenia hamngenia asingenia hangenia wasingenia hawangenia usingenia haungenia isingenia haingenia lisingenia halingenia yasingenia hayangenia kisingenia hakingenia visingenia havingenia isingenia haingenia zisingenia hazingenia usingenia haungenia kusingenia hakungenia pasingenia hapangenia musingenia hamungenia
Past Conditional Positive ningalinia tungalinia ungalinia mngalinia angalinia wangalinia ungalinia ingalinia lingalinia yangalinia kingalinia vingalinia ingalinia zingalinia ungalinia kungalinia pangalinia mungalinia Negative nisingalinia singalinia tusingalinia hatungalinia usingalinia hungalinia msingalinia hamngalinia asingalinia hangalinia wasingalinia hawangalinia usingalinia haungalinia isingalinia haingalinia lisingalinia halingalinia yasingalinia hayangalinia kisingalinia hakingalinia visingalinia havingalinia isingalinia haingalinia zisingalinia hazingalinia usingalinia haungalinia kusingalinia hakungalinia pasingalinia hapangalinia musingalinia hamungalinia
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningelinia tungelinia ungelinia mngelinia angelinia wangelinia ungelinia ingelinia lingelinia yangelinia kingelinia vingelinia ingelinia zingelinia ungelinia kungelinia pangelinia mungelinia
General Relative Positive niniao tuniao uniao mniao aniao waniao uniao iniao liniao yaniao kiniao viniao iniao ziniao uniao kuniao paniao muniao Negative nisionia tusionia usionia msionia asionia wasionia usionia isionia lisionia yasionia kisionia visionia isionia zisionia usionia kusionia pasionia musionia
Gnomic Positive nania twania wania mwania ania wania wania yania lania yania chania vyania yania zania wania kwania pania mwania
Perfect Positive nimenia tumenia umenia mmenia amenia wamenia umenia imenia limenia yamenia kimenia vimenia imenia zimenia umenia kumenia pamenia mumenia
"Already" Positive nimeshania tumeshania umeshania mmeshania ameshania wameshania umeshania imeshania limeshania yameshania kimeshania vimeshania imeshania zimeshania umeshania kumeshania pameshania mumeshania
"Not yet" Negative sijania hatujania hujania hamjania hajania hawajania haujania haijania halijania hayajania hakijania havijania haijania hazijania haujania hakujania hapajania hamujania
"If/When" Positive nikinia tukinia ukinia mkinia akinia wakinia ukinia ikinia likinia yakinia kikinia vikinia ikinia zikinia ukinia kukinia pakinia mukinia
"If not" Negative nisiponia tusiponia usiponia msiponia asiponia wasiponia usiponia isiponia lisiponia yasiponia kisiponia visiponia isiponia zisiponia usiponia kusiponia pasiponia musiponia
Consecutive Positive nikania tukania ukania mkania akania wakania ukania ikania likania yakania kikania vikania ikania zikania ukania kukania pakania mukania
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From the digit nio (“nine”)

Noun

nia c

1. nine; the digit "9"
2. ninth-grader; pupil in the ninth and last year of compulsory school
3. a class of ninth-graders
4. (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) the ninth year in school

   De barnen går i nian.

   Those children are in ninth grade.

5. a person who finish a competition as number nine

Declension

Declension of nia
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nia	nian	nior	niorna
Genitive	nias	nians	niors	niornas

See also

• nolla, etta, tvåa, trea, fyra, femma, sexa, sjua, åtta, nia, tia, elva, tolva

Etymology 2

From ni (“you”) +‎ -a, a common way of forming verbs in Swedish. First attested in 1731.

Verb

nia

1. to address someone with ni (rather than du) as a sign of respect or deference

Usage notes

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.

Antonyms

• dua

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Timucua

Etymology

Compare Tawasa néăh (“woman”).

Noun

nia

1. woman

References

• Julian Granberry, A Grammar and Dictionary of the Timucua Language (1993, →ISBN