# saia
## Estonian
### Noun

saia
* genitive/partitive/illative singular of sai

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaja̝/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ajɐ, -aja
* Hyphenation: sa‧ia

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

saia f (plural saias)
* long skirt (women's clothing)
    Synonym: faldra
* (dated) robe

##### Related terms

* saio

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

saia
* inflection of saír:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sair:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “saya”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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
* ↑ Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. saia.
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “saya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.ja/
* Rhymes: -aja
* Hyphenation: sà‧ia

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“cloak”).

#### Noun

saia f (plural saie)
* twill

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from 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)
* (regional) a ditch or trench, especially in Sicily

### Anagrams

* Asia

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj.a/ [ˈsaɪ̯.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsaj.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -ajɐ
* Hyphenation: sai‧a

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

saia f (plural saias)
* a woman's skirt

##### Derived terms

* minissaia
* rabo de saia
* saia justa
* saiinha
* saiote
* sobressaia

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

saia
* inflection of sair:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “saia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “saia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025