pia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pia"

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Translingual

Symbol

pia

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pima Bajo terms

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pia

1. (anatomy) The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord.
   • 2009 January 25, Denis Campbell, “Kian, 4, needs a miracle. He's in the right place”, in The Observer‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 October 2026:

     One screen in the theatre relays live colour pictures of Harkness and his colleague Tiernan Byrnes's progress, cutting and pushing through first the dura, then the arachnoid and finally the pia, the thin, spider's web-type membranes that cover the brain itself.

Derived terms

• pial

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia

Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia

Proto-Polynesian *pia

Hawaiian piabor.

English pia

Borrowed from Hawaiian pia.

Noun

pia (uncountable)

1. Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides), whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot starch.

Anagrams

• api-, IPA, API, IAP, AIP, Api

Akan

Verb

pia (transitive past piaa)

1. to push

Derived terms

• pia wura mu (“to thrust”)

Allentiac

Noun

pia (plural pia-guiam)

1. father

References

• Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Language of the Millcayac Indians (1913) (in notes)
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), citing Luis de Valdiva's work

Comanche

Noun

pia

1. mother

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewH-

Proto-Italic *pīosder.

Latin pius

Italian pioder.

▲

Latin pius

Old French piu

Middle French pieux

French pieuxder.

▲

Latin piusbor.

English piousder.

Esperanto pia

From Italian pio, French pieux, English pious, all from Latin pius (“pious, devout”). Compare Spanish pío, Romanian pios.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpia/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: pi‧a

Adjective

pia (accusative singular pian, plural piaj, accusative plural piajn)

1. pious

   Antonym: malpia

Related terms

• pieco

Further reading

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

Farefare

Farefare cardinal numbers

<  9	10	11  >
Cardinal : pia     Ordinal : bʋpia dãana

Etymology

Cognate with Moore piiga (“ten”).

Numeral

pia

1. ten

Derived terms

• pia la ayɩla (“eleven”)
• pia la ayi (“twelve”)
• pia la atã (“thirteen”)
• pia la anaasɩ (“fourteen”)
• pia la anuu (“fifteen”)
• pia la ayoobɩ (“sixteen”)
• pia la ayopɔɩ (“seventeen”)
• pia la anii (“eighteen”)
• pia la awɛɩ (“nineteen”)
• pisyi (“twenty”)
• pitã (“thirty”)
• pinãasɩ (“forty”)
• pinuu (“fifty”)
• pisyoobɩ (“sixty”)
• pisyopɔɩ (“seventy”)
• pinii (“eighty”)
• piswɛɩ (“ninety”)
• tʋspia (“ten thousand”)

Related terms

• pisi (“tens”)

Galician

Verb

pia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of piar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *pia (compare with Tahitian pia and Samoan pia), from Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia “sago, Metroxylon sagu” (compare with Fijian via “Cyrtosperma merkusii (syn. Cyrtosperma chamissonis), Alocasia macrorrhizos (syn. Alocasia indica)”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia “sago palm” (compare with Malay rumbia).

Noun

pia

1. Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides)
2. starch from any plant in general (corn etc.)
3. a variety of taro
4. a variety of sweet potato

Etymology 2

From English beer.

Noun

pia

1. beer

Etymology 3

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

Noun

pia

1. stork

   Synonyms: kikonia, kekoleka

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “pia”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from piál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpijɒ]
• Rhymes: -jɒ
• Hyphenation: pia
• Syllabification: pi‧a

Noun

pia (plural piák)

1. (slang) booze, drink, grog, liquor

   Synonym: ital

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pia	piák
accusative	piát	piákat
dative	piának	piáknak
instrumental	piával	piákkal
causal-final	piáért	piákért
translative	piává	piákká
terminative	piáig	piákig
essive-formal	piaként	piákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	piában	piákban
superessive	pián	piákon
adessive	piánál	piáknál
illative	piába	piákba
sublative	piára	piákra
allative	piához	piákhoz
elative	piából	piákból
delative	piáról	piákról
ablative	piától	piáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	piáé	piáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	piáéi	piákéi

Possessive forms of pia

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	piám	piáim
2nd person sing.	piád	piáid
3rd person sing.	piája	piái
1st person plural	piánk	piáink
2nd person plural	piátok	piáitok
3rd person plural	piájuk	piáik

Derived terms

• piás
• piázik

Further reading

• pia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: pì‧a

Adjective

pia

1. feminine singular of pio

Verb

pia

1. third-person singular present indicative of piare
   • 1290–1299, Guido Cavalcanti, In un boschetto trovai pasturella:

     quando l'augel pia

     when the bird chirps

Anagrams

• Api, IPA, api

Krio

Etymology 1

From English pair.

Noun

píà

1. pair

Etymology 2

From English [alligator] pear.

Noun

píà

1. avocado

References

• Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.a]

Adjective

pia

1. inflection of pius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpi.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.a]

Adjective

piā

1. ablative feminine singular of pius

References

• "pia", 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)

Lolopo

Etymology

From Tai. Compare Thai ผ้า (pâa) and Lü ᦕᦱᧉ (ṗhaa²).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰʲa³³]

Noun

pia

1. (Yao'an) clothes

Lotha Naga

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *Pi(k).

Verb

pia

1. to give
2. to pay

   Synonym: loa

Inflection

Inflection of pia

Formation	Tense			Imperative
	Present	Past	Future
Simple	piala	picho	piv	pia
Causative	pitokala	pitokcho	pitokvü	pitoka
Perfect	pithaka	pithakcho	pithakvü	—
Abilitative	pikhoka	pikhokcho	pikhokvü	—

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, pages 65, 103
• Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland (2020), Lotha Bilingual Dictionary‎^[3], archived from the original on 15 August 2022, pages 92, 189

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *pia (“good”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pia (“goodness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpia/, [ˈpʰi.a]
• Hyphenation: pi‧a

Verb

pia (Lontara spelling ᨄᨗᨐ or 𑻣𑻳𑻬)

1. healed, cured (of wound); recovered

   Piami lokoʼna ― His wound has healed

2. calmed down (of anger)

   Piami larrona ― He has calmed down after being angry

3. well finished (of war)

   Piami bunduka ― The war has ended well

Derived terms

affixations

• piài

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

pia

1. nonstandard spelling of piā

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.

Māori

Etymology

Borrowed from English beer, from Middle English ber, from Old English bēor, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

pia

1. beer

   He karaehe pia māku.

   I'll have a glass of beer.

   He reka tō pia?

   Is your beer good?

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “pia”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
• “pia”, in He Pātaka Kupu (overall work in Māori), Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori [Māori Language Commission], 2008–present

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [pʲiɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲijæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {piyah}

Etymology 1

Noun

pia (construct piain)

1. alternative form of bwiaea

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English beer.

Noun

pia (construct piain)

1. beer

References

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “pia”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[4]

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Spanish pie.

Noun

pia

1. foot
2. leg

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧a

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin pīla

Old Galician-Portuguese pia

Portuguese pia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pia, from Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Noun

pia f (plural pias)

1. sink (basin with a drain)
2. a sink and adjacent counter

   Deixe o prato na pia, mas não dentro.

   Leave the plate on the counter, not in the sink.

3. a basin for holding water, in particular one that is furniture or part of the building rather than a movable object

   pia batismal ― baptismal font

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Bia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pia f sg

1. feminine singular of pio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pia

1. inflection of piar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja/ [ˈpja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pia

Verb

pia

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of piar

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Adverb

pia

1. also

   Synonym: vilevile

2. all (used with -ote for emphasis)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.a/

Noun

pia

1. rice

Alternative forms

• pea

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[5], Pacific linguistics