# bia
## Anyi
### Noun

bia
* chair

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha).

### Noun

bia
* wedding

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Baoule
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bia
* chair

## Basque
### Numeral

bia
* absolutive singular of bi

## Bislama
### Etymology

From English beer.

### Noun

bia
* beer

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German wie. Cognate with German wie; see there for more.

### Adverb

bia
* (Sette Comuni, Luserna, interrogative) how
    Bia hòosentza d'ôarn khindar?What are your children's names?(literally, “How are your children called?”)

### Conjunction

bia
* (Sette Comuni, Luserna) how
    Tüa bia 's ghéet bóol.Do it how it's done properly.

### Derived terms

* ambìa
* andarstbìa
* biavl, biivel

### References

* “bia” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Garo
### Etymology 1

From bi- (“third person pronoun”) +‎ -a (“nominalizing suffix used with monosyllabic pronouns”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronoun

bia (third person nominative, singular, accusative biko, genitive bini, dative bina)(combining form bi-)
* he, she

##### Usage notes

* bia is rarely used in written language; ua is preferred when writing.

#### See also
### Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Bengali বিয়া (biẏa).

#### Verb

bia
* to wed

#### Noun

bia
* wedding

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bia/
* Hyphenation: bia

### Noun

béa (plural)
* Nonstandard spelling of bea (“tax, custom duty, expense”).

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʲiə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bíad (compare Scottish Gaelic biadh), from Proto-Celtic *beitom (compare Welsh bwyd), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

#### Alternative forms

* biadh (superseded)

#### Noun

bia m (genitive singular bia, nominative plural bianna)
* food
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:īmšə gax ilə hōŕc biə.[Ithimse gach uile shórt bia.]I eat every kind of food.
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:ńȧrtr̥ gax dinə lē biə mŭȧ.[Neartar gach duine le bia maith.]Everyone is strengthened by good food.
* inner part of shelled, rinded, food
* substance

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bia
bianna
vocative
a bhia
a bhianna
genitive
bia
bianna
dative
bia
bianna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bia
na bianna
genitive
an bhia
na mbianna
dative
leis an mbia don bhia
leis na bianna :

##### Derived terms

* aiste bia
* banc bia
* bia éanáin
* bia stáin
* bia-eolaí
* bia-eolaíocht
* biachlár
* biadhamhail
* biafhachtóir
* biamhar
* biatach
* réim bia

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish ·bia.

#### Verb

bia
* (obsolete) future analytic dependent of bí

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 204, page 103
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 163, page 62
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “biad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Kunama
### Noun

bia
* water

### References

* Ehret, Christopher (2001) A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte; 12)‎, Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

bia
* Nonstandard spelling of biā.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German wie. Cognate with German wie; see there for more.

### Adverb

bia
* how

### References

* “bia” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bien

### Noun

bia f sg
* definite feminine singular of bie

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse biða.

#### Alternative forms

* bie

#### Verb

bia (present tense biar or bier, past tense bia or bidde, past participle bia or bidd, present participle biande, imperative bi)
* (intransitive) to wait
    Synonym: venta
* (intransitive) to go without eating
* (intransitive) to persist

#### Noun

bia f (definite singular bia, indefinite plural bier or bior, definite plural biene or bione)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of bie
* definite singular of bie

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse bý (“bee”).

#### Noun

bia f (definite singular bia, indefinite plural bier or bior, definite plural biene or bione)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of bie
* definite singular of bie

### References

* ↑ “bia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* bía

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲi.a/

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

bïa
* first-person singular future absolute of at·tá

#### Verb

·bïa
* third-person singular future conjunct of at·tá

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

·bïa
* third-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of benaid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* biahe (synonym)
* biaha (synonym)

### Etymology

From Portuguese viajar and Spanish viajar and Kabuverdianu viaji.

### Noun

bia
* travel, journey
* times as in "three times is too much"

### Verb

bia
* to travel

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English beer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.ɐ/

### Noun

bia f (plural bias)
* (US, Brazil, rare) beer
    Synonym: cerveja

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* bler (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader)
* blear (Sutsilvan)
* bger (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin valde.

### Adjective

bia m (feminine singular biara, masculine plural biars, feminine plural biaras)
* (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) much, a lot of

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English beer.

#### Noun

bia class IX (plural bia class X)
* commercial beer

#### See also

* pombe (“native beer”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

#### Noun

bia class IX (plural bia class X)
* cooperation, partnership (where each person pays their share)

##### Derived terms

* mbia (“partner”)
* ubia (“partnership, joint venture”)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀gá (“pot”).

#### Noun

bia class V (plural mabia class VI)
* large cooking pot

##### Derived terms

* kibia

### References

* ↑ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 43:Such loanwords, retaining their usage over time, have become permanent signatures in the Swahili “visitor’s book.” […] The lexicon of the duka is from diverse sources: […] from English, baiskeli (bicycle), bangili (bangles), bia (beer), juisi (juice), kompiuta (computer), makabati ya nguo (wardrobes), sementi (cement), sukari (sugar), supu ya utumbo (soup made of animal intestines), tairi za trekta (tractor tires), and vocha (voucher).
* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45 Nr. 351

## Ternate
### Etymology

Cognate to Pagu biang, Tobelo bianga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.a/

### Noun

bia (Jawi بيا)
* shellfish, mollusks

### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English beer.

### Noun

bia
* beer

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓiə˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓiə˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓiə˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bière, from Middle Dutch bier.

#### Noun

bia
* beer
    bụng bia ― a beer belly

##### Derived terms

* bia bọt
* hoa bia
* rượu bia

### Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 碑 (“stele”, SV: bi).

#### Noun

(classifier tấm, cái) bia
* tombstone; gravestone; stele; monument
* (by extension) target (for shooting); bullseye

## Yagaria
### Etymology

Probably a loanword from English beer.

### Noun

bia
* (Hua dialect) beer

### References

* John Haiman, Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Borrowed from English beer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bí.à/

### Noun

bíà
* beer
    Hypernym: ọtí

## Zoogocho Zapotec
### Noun

bia
* nopal

### References

* Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 369