# aia
## English
### Noun

aia (plural aias)
* Alternative spelling of ayah

### Anagrams

* AAI

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Portuguese aia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

aia (plural aias)
* ayah, mammy

## Eastern Cham
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, fiver”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔiaː/

### Noun

aia (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨀꨳꨩ)
* water (clear liquid H₂O)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Estonian
### Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

#### Noun

aia
* genitive singular of aed

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

#### Interjection

aia
* ow, ouch

##### Synonyms

* ai

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈai̯.a/, [ˈɐj.jə], [ˈɛj.jə] (rapid speech)

### Particle

aia
* Used at the beginning of a sentence that describes the location (in space or time) of the subject.
    Aia ka ʻohana ma ke kaʻa.The family is in the car.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ja/
* Rhymes: -aja
* Hyphenation: à‧ia

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”).

#### Alternative forms

* aja

#### Noun

aia f (plural aie)
* barnyard, farmyard, threshing floor; paved area (typical of case coloniche) used to thresh wheat, shell legumes and drying cereals
    Near-synonym: cortile
    stendere il grano sull'aia ― to spread the grain on the threshing floor
** 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 77:Uscimmo anzi da quella porta e ci trovammo sull'aia, nell'estremità orientale del pianoro, a ridosso delle mura, dove sorgevano molte costruzioni.We got out from that door and found ourselves on the barnyard, at the eastern end of the tableland, near the walls, where stood many buildings.
* (medicine) area (clarification of this definition is needed)
    aia cardiaca ― cardiac area
    aia epatica ― hepatic area
* (archaic) open space, clearing
    Synonyms: spiazzo, terreno

##### Derived terms

* aione
* menare il can per l'aia
* mettere stoppia sull'aia (“to waste time”)

### Etymology 2

Feminine of aio, presumed to be from the unattested Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja), or from Latin avia. Compare Sicilian aju, Spanish ayo.

#### Noun

aia f (plural aie)
* (literary) tutor, especially one hired by a wealthy family

### Further reading

* aia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* àia in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* aia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Macanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 哎呀 (ai$^1$ jaa$^3$), possibly compounded with Portuguese ai.

### Interjection

aia!
* interjection expressing fear, surprise, pain, impatience
    Aia! Qui boniteza.Wow! How beautiful.
    Aia, qui susto!Oh, how frightening!

#### Usage notes

* Unlike the Cantonese interjection, may sometimes be used positively.

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aia
* water

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin avia (“grandmother”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaj.ɐ/ [ˈaɪ̯.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaj.ɐ/ [ˈaɪ̯.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈaj.a/ [ˈaɪ̯.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈaj.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -ajɐ
* Hyphenation: ai‧a

### Noun

aia f (plural aias)
* lady-in-waiting
* tutor, teacher
* chambermaid

#### Related terms

* aio

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: आया (āyā)
** → English: ayah

## Romanian
### Etymology

From a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aja
* Hyphenation: a‧ia

### Determiner

aia
* nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla
    Synonym: acea

### Pronoun

aia
* nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăla

## Western Cham
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔiar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, river”). Cognate with Eastern Cham aia.

### Noun

aia (Cham Jawi spelling ايا)
* water (clear liquid H₂O)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Yurumanguí
### Noun

aia
* water

### References

* Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist; also present in Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261