saia

See also: Saia, and saía

Galician

saias ("skirts")

Etymology 1

13th century, but well attested since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin documents as saia. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja̝/

• Audio:

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Noun

saia f (plural saias)

1. long skirt (women's clothing)

   Synonym: faldra

2. (dated) robe

Related terms

• saio

Etymology 2

Verb

saia

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of saír
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of saír

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”) (from a dialect in which q is pronounced as a glottal stop), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia.

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

1. (regional) A ditch or trench, especially in Sicily

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Portuguese

saia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos) (cloak); cognate with Galician saia and archaic Spanish saya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsajɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja/
• Hyphenation: sai‧a
• Rhymes: -aja

Noun

1. a woman's skirt

Derived terms

• minissaia
• saiote

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: saia
• → Bengali: শায়া (śaẏa), সায়া (śaẏa)
• → Kadiwéu: jaye