zia

See also: Zia

Translingual

Symbol

zia

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Zia terms

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zi.a/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡si.a/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: zì‧a

Noun

zia f (plural zie)

1. aunt

Related terms

• zio
• zii

See also

• (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio ^{(Category: it:Family)}

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *yia.

Noun

zia

1. way, means (to do something)
2. nature, characteristics

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “zia”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Verb

-zia (infinitive kuzia)

1. to abstain, refrain (especially for health reasons)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zia
Positive present -nazia Subjunctive -zie Negative -zii Imperative singular zia
Infinitives
Positive kuzia Negative kutozia
Imperatives
Singular zia Plural zieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzia Positive past positive subject concord + -lizia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazia) Singular Plural 1st person ninazia/nazia tunazia 2nd person unazia mnazia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazia wanazia other classes positive subject concord + -nazia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zii) Singular Plural 1st person sizii hatuzii 2nd person huzii hamzii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazii hawazii other classes negative subject concord + -zii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazia Negative future negative subject concord + -tazia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zie) Singular Plural 1st person nizie tuzie 2nd person uzie mzie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azie wazie other classes positive subject concord + -zie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azia) Singular Plural 1st person nazia twazia 2nd person wazia mwazia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azia wazia m-mi(III/IV) wazia yazia ji-ma(V/VI) lazia yazia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazia vyazia n(IX/X) yazia zazia u(XI) wazia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazia pa(XVI) pazia mu(XVIII) mwazia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozia Consecutive kazia / positive subject concord + -kazia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizia -tuzia 2nd person -kuzia -wazia/-kuzieni/-wazieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzia -wazia m-mi(III/IV) -uzia -izia ji-ma(V/VI) -lizia -yazia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizia -vizia n(IX/X) -izia -zizia u(XI) -uzia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzia pa(XVI) -pazia mu(XVIII) -muzia Reflexive -jizia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ziaye -ziao m-mi(III/IV) -ziao -ziayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zialo -ziayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ziacho -ziavyo n(IX/X) -ziayo -ziazo u(XI) -ziao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ziako pa(XVI) -ziapo mu(XVIII) -ziamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezia -ozia m-mi(III/IV) -ozia -yozia ji-ma(V/VI) -lozia -yozia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozia -vyozia n(IX/X) -yozia -zozia u(XI) -ozia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozia pa(XVI) -pozia mu(XVIII) -mozia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mzio (“allergy; prohibition”)