xa

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Apalaí

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Etymology

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From Portuguese chá, from Cantonese (caa4, tea), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Noun

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xa

  1. tea

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xa m (plural xas)

  1. shah (a king of Persia or Iran)

Further reading

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Cocopa

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Noun

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xa

  1. water

References

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  • James Mack Crawford, Cocopa Dictionary (1989)

Eastern Pomo

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Noun

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xa

  1. water

References

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  • Sally McLendon, A grammar of Eastern Pomo (1975)

Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃa/ [ˈʃa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: xa

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ja, from Latin iam.

Adverb

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xa

  1. already

Conjunction

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xa

  1. sometimessometimes
    Synonym: ora
    Xa ri, xa chora.Sometimes they laugh, other times they cry.

Etymology 2

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From and older *jãa, from Latin Diāna. Cognate with Asturian xana, Old French gene, Romanian zână.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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xa f (plural xas)

  1. (folklore) ghost, phantom
  2. (folklore) fairy
    • 1886, M. Nunez González, O muíño dos tíos Mariquiñas:
      un térmeno medio entre os trasnos e as almas en pena; pero que participaban un pouco máis desta última condición, sólo que eran moi pacífecas, pois nunca se soubo que se metesen con nadie non metendose primeiro con elas. A estas pantasmas chamabanlle xás; abundaban como as moscas no mes da Agosto, e eran pola súa bondá, pouco temidas dos labregos.
      ... a middle term in between elves and banshees, but a little closer to the latter ones and more peaceful, since they never messed with nobody if not disturbed first. These ghosts were called xas; they abounded as flies in August, and, because of they good temper, they were little feared by the peasants.

Etymology 3

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Ultimately from Persian شاه (šâh).

Noun

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xa m (plural xas)

  1. shah (title of Persian kings)

References

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Gun

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(Benin)

  1. basket

Paipai

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Noun

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xa

  1. water

Somali

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Noun

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xa ?

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

See also

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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xa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ) (text messaging, Internet slang)

  1. Alternative form of siya

Tày

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *kraᴬ (to seek). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩣ, Lao ຫາ (), ᦠᦱ (ḣaa), Tai Dam ꪬꪱ, Shan ႁႃ (hǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā) or 𑜁𑜞𑜠 (khra), Zhuang ra, Saek หร่า, Thai หา (hǎa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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xa (,,)

  1. to search, look for
    xa pi̱ noọngto search for brothers
    xa fừnto gather firewood
    xa chènto earn money
  2. to want
    Mầư xa thai lỏ?
    You wanna die?

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Tipai

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Noun

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xa

  1. (Jamul) water

References

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  • Amy Miller, A Grammar of Jamul Tipay

Venda

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Verb

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xa

  1. to dry up

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 可耶 (MC khaX yae) (modern SV: khả da), 可賒 (MC khaX syae) (modern SV: khả xa) and 可車 (MC khaX tsyhae) (modern SV: khả xa).

Displaced native ngái in the major dialects.

Adjective

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xa

  1. far
    Synonym: ngái
    Antonym: gần
    rất gần rất xaso close, (yet) so far [song name]
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . Compare and hạ, chè and trà.

Noun

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xa

  1. (xiangqi, chess) Rare form of xe.
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Adjective

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xa

  1. (only in compounds) extravagant, wasteful
Derived terms
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Xhosa

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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  1. when, if [with participial]