tia

See also: Tia, TIA, tía, tiā, tỉa, tiʻa, and ti'a

English

Alternative forms

• TIA

Proper noun

tia

1. Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
2. Initialism of This is Africa, a business newspaper.

Noun

tia (plural tias)

1. (medicine) Initialism of transient ischemic attack.

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) tia

1. Initialism of thanks in advance.

Anagrams

• AIT, IAT, ITA, TAI, Tai, ait, ita, tai

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Arabela

Noun

tia (pl: tiaca)

1. house

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈti.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

tia f (plural ties)

1. aunt
2. (colloquial) gal

See also

• oncle

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Esperanto

Etymology

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -a (correlative suffix of "kind").

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈtia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ti‧a

Determiner

tia (accusative singular tian, plural tiaj, accusative plural tiajn)

1. that kind of, such a (demonstrative correlative of kind)

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, tia ĉi means this kind of.

Derived terms

• tiaaĵo, tiaĵo

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Italiot Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin thia.

Noun

tia f

1. (Italiot Dialect) aunt

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of tia – see 爹 (“father; dad; old man; grandpa; granddad”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 爹).

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thīa, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɐ/
• • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃia/, /ˈt͡ʃiɐ/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtiɐ/
• Hyphenation: ti‧a

Noun

tia f (plural tias) (masculine tio)

1. aunt (sister of someone's father or mother, or an uncle's wife)
2. (slang) aunt (colloquial term of address for an older woman)
3. (slang, by extension) colloquial term of address for any female person
4. (slang) a female clerk who performs a regular activity

   tia da limpeza ― cleaning woman, janitor

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Swahili

Verb

-tia (infinitive kutia)

1. to put, to place
2. to apply, to bring to bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tia
Positive present -natia Subjunctive -tie Negative -tii Imperative singular tia
Infinitives
Positive kutia Negative kutotia
Imperatives
Singular tia Plural tieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutia Positive past positive subject concord + -litia Negative past negative subject concord + -kutia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natia) Singular Plural 1st person ninatia/natia tunatia 2nd person unatia mnatia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatia wanatia other classes positive subject concord + -natia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tii) Singular Plural 1st person sitii hatutii 2nd person hutii hamtii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatii hawatii other classes negative subject concord + -tii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatia Negative future negative subject concord + -tatia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tie) Singular Plural 1st person nitie tutie 2nd person utie mtie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atie watie other classes positive subject concord + -tie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atia) Singular Plural 1st person natia twatia 2nd person watia mwatia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atia watia m-mi(III/IV) watia yatia ji-ma(V/VI) latia yatia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatia vyatia n(IX/X) yatia zatia u(XI) watia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatia pa(XVI) patia mu(XVIII) mwatia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotia Consecutive katia / positive subject concord + -katia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitia -tutia 2nd person -kutia -watia/-kutieni/-watieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtia -watia m-mi(III/IV) -utia -itia ji-ma(V/VI) -litia -yatia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitia -vitia n(IX/X) -itia -zitia u(XI) -utia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutia pa(XVI) -patia mu(XVIII) -mutia Reflexive -jitia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tiaye -tiao m-mi(III/IV) -tiao -tiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tialo -tiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tiacho -tiavyo n(IX/X) -tiayo -tiazo u(XI) -tiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tiako pa(XVI) -tiapo mu(XVIII) -tiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetia -otia m-mi(III/IV) -otia -yotia ji-ma(V/VI) -lotia -yotia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotia -vyotia n(IX/X) -yotia -zotia u(XI) -otia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotia pa(XVI) -potia mu(XVIII) -motia
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: -tilia
  • Causative: -tilisha
  • Passive: -tiliwa, -tiwa
  • Other formations: -tia nguvu (“arrest”)

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Swedish

Etymology

From the number tio (“ten”)

Noun

tia c

1. a number 10 (ten)
2. a person or an object by context associated with the number ten, for instance in sports and other forms of competing
   • a tenth place holder
3. a coin or banknote worth ten of a currency
   • most commonly referring to the Swedish ten kronor (SEK) coin or the now deprecated banknote

Declension

Declension of tia
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tia	tian	tior	tiorna
Genitive	tias	tians	tiors	tiornas

See also

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

Anagrams

• ta i

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tia • (濞, 𣈢)

1. (optics) a beam or a ray

   tia nắng

   a beam of sunshine

2. (of liquid) a jet
3. (geometry) a ray