# dia
## Ambonese Malay
### Etymology

From Malay dia.

### Pronoun

dia
* he, she (3rd-person singular personal pronoun)

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* dir (German spelling)
* da (unstressed form)

### Etymology

Cognate with German dir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̥iɐ̯/

### Pronoun

dia
* you (dative, singular)

### See also
## Betawi
### Alternative forms

* diah, jiah (Bekasi)
* die (Tanah Abang)
* diè (Meester)

### Etymology

From Malay dia, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Literary) IPA: /di.ˈ(j)a/
** Audio:(file)
* (Meester) IPA: /di.ˈ(j)ɛ/
** Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a, -ɛ
* Hyphenation: di‧a

### Pronoun

dia
* he
    Dia lagi ngelempus.He is sleeping now.
* she
    Dia demen ama tu orang.She loves him/that person.

#### Synonyms

* ni orang
* tu orang

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* día (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Gascon dia and Spanish dia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdi.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ia

### Noun

dia m (plural dies)
* day (period of 24 hours)
** 2011, Tobies Grimaltos Mascarós, Idees i paraules: Una filosofia de la vida quotidiana, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 41:Avui és un dia normal. És un dia en el qual no res (m')ha passat especialment remarcable.Today is a normal day. It's a day in which nothing especially remarkable happened (to me).
* day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
    Antonym: nit
** 2011, Cinto Niqui Espinosa, Fonaments i usos de tecnologia audiovisual digital, Editorial UOC, →ISBN, page 362:En ona llarga durant el dia, a Catalunya, es poden escoltar les emissores Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC), als 216 kHz o Ràdio Alger, als 252 kHz.In long wave during the day, in Catalonia, you can hear the broadcasters Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC) at 216 kHz or Ràdio Alger, at 252 kHz.

#### Synonyms

* jorn

#### Derived terms

* a dies
* adiar
* avui dia
* avui en dia
* bon dia
* Dia de la Mare
* dia feiner
* dia i nit
* dia laborable
* dia per altre
* diada
* migdia
* qui dia passa, any empeny

#### Related terms

* diari
* diürn

#### See also

* days of the week: dies de la setmana (appendix): dilluns · dimarts · dimecres · dijous · divendres · dissabte · diumenge

### Further reading

* “dia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “dia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “dia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “dia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of diapositief.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dia
* Rhymes: -iaː

### Noun

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)
* (photography) slide
    Synonym: diapositief

#### Derived terms

* diapresentatie
* diaprojectie
* diaprojector
* diaraam
* diascoop
* diatheek
* kleurendia

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From dio +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈdia]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: di‧a

### Adjective

dia (accusative singular dian, plural diaj, accusative plural diajn)
* godly, of or pertaining to God or gods, divine

## Finnish
### Etymology

Shortened from diapositiivi, probably after the international example.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiɑ/, [ˈdiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: dia

### Noun

dia
* (photography) slide

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diani
diani
accusative
nom.
diani
diani
gen.
diani
genitive
diani
diojeni diaini $^{rare}$
partitive
diaani
diojani
inessive
diassani
dioissani
elative
diastani
dioistani
illative
diaani
dioihini
adessive
diallani
dioillani
ablative
dialtani
dioiltani
allative
dialleni
dioilleni
essive
dianani
dioinani
translative
diakseni
dioikseni
abessive
diattani
dioittani
instructive
comitative
—dioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diasi
diasi
accusative
nom.
diasi
diasi
gen.
diasi
genitive
diasi
diojesi diaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
diaasi
diojasi
inessive
diassasi
dioissasi
elative
diastasi
dioistasi
illative
diaasi
dioihisi
adessive
diallasi
dioillasi
ablative
dialtasi
dioiltasi
allative
diallesi
dioillesi
essive
dianasi
dioinasi
translative
diaksesi
dioiksesi
abessive
diattasi
dioittasi
instructive
comitative
—dioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diamme
diamme
accusative
nom.
diamme
diamme
gen.
diamme
genitive
diamme
diojemme diaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
diaamme
diojamme
inessive
diassamme
dioissamme
elative
diastamme
dioistamme
illative
diaamme
dioihimme
adessive
diallamme
dioillamme
ablative
dialtamme
dioiltamme
allative
diallemme
dioillemme
essive
dianamme
dioinamme
translative
diaksemme
dioiksemme
abessive
diattamme
dioittamme
instructive
comitative
—dioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dianne
dianne
accusative
nom.
dianne
dianne
gen.
dianne
genitive
dianne
diojenne diainne $^{rare}$
partitive
diaanne
diojanne
inessive
diassanne
dioissanne
elative
diastanne
dioistanne
illative
diaanne
dioihinne
adessive
diallanne
dioillanne
ablative
dialtanne
dioiltanne
allative
diallenne
dioillenne
essive
diananne
dioinanne
translative
diaksenne
dioiksenne
abessive
diattanne
dioittanne
instructive
comitative
—dioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diansa
diansa
accusative
nom.
diansa
diansa
gen.
diansa
genitive
diansa
diojensa diainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
diaansa
diojaan diojansa
inessive
diassaan diassansa
dioissaan dioissansa
elative
diastaan diastansa
dioistaan dioistansa
illative
diaansa
dioihinsa
adessive
diallaan diallansa
dioillaan dioillansa
ablative
dialtaan dialtansa
dioiltaan dioiltansa
allative
dialleen diallensa
dioilleen dioillensa
essive
dianaan dianansa
dioinaan dioinansa
translative
diakseen diaksensa
dioikseen dioiksensa
abessive
diattaan diattansa
dioittaan dioittansa
instructive
comitative
—dioineen dioinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (slide): diakuva, kuultokuva (dated)

#### Derived terms

* diaesitys
* diafilmi
* diaheitin
* diakehys
* diakuva
* diaprojektori
* diasarja

### See also

* nega
* negatiivi

### Further reading

* “dia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dja/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

dia
* yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left
    Antonym: hue

#### Derived terms

* à hue et à dia

### Further reading

* “dia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese dia. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dia.

### Noun

dia
* day (period of 24 hours)
* day (period between sunrise and sunset)

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Ellipsis of diapozitív (“diapositive”), after the German Diapositiv.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdijɒ]
* Hyphenation: dia
* Rhymes: -jɒ

### Noun

dia (plural diák)
* (photography) slide, diapositive (transparent plate used with a projector for projecting images)

#### Derived terms

* diafelvétel
* diafilm, diafilmvetítő
* diakép
* diakocka
* diavetítő

### Further reading

* dia in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diaʔ/

### Adverb

dia
* there (not very far from the speaker)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay dia, cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈdia/ [ˈdi.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: di‧a

### Pronoun

dia
* he
    Dia bisa berbahasa Inggris.He can speak English.
* she
    Dia mempunyai kegemaran menari.She has a passion for dancing.

#### Synonyms

* ia
* beliau

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲiə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

#### Noun

dia m (genitive singular dé, nominative plural déithe)
* a god

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
dia
déithe
vocative
a dhia
a dhéithe
genitive
dé
déithe
dative
dia
déithe déithibh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an dia
na déithe
genitive
an dé
na ndéithe
dative
leis an dia don dia
leis na déithe leis na déithibh (archaic, dialectal) :
* Alternative vocative singular: dé
* Archaic nominative plural: dée
* Alternative genitive plural: dia
* Alternative dative plural: déibh

##### Derived terms

* aindia m (“false god”)
* bandia m (“goddess”)
* diaga (“divine”)
* dialathach (“theocratic”)

##### Related terms

* Dia (“God”) (as a proper noun)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish día (“day”), from Proto-Celtic *dyīus (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

#### Noun

dia
* (literary) day

##### Derived terms

* Dé (“on (a day of the week)”)
* dialann (“diary”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día (‘God’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 día (‘day’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dia”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 237
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dia”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “dia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: dì‧a

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs. Doublet of die.

#### Noun

dia m or f (plural unknown or uncertain) (Old Italian, chiefly in poetry)
* day

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

dia f
* feminine singular of dio

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dia
* inflection of dare:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Ida, adì, dai

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese dia.

### Noun

dia
* day

## Kituba
### Verb

dia
* to eat

## Ladino
### Noun

dia m (Hebrew spelling דיאה)
* Alternative spelling of diya
** 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 11:En mi corason esta tu memoria santa Dia i noce de mi no se apartaIn my heart lies your holy memory, day and night it separates not from me.

## Latin
### Adjective

dia
* inflection of dius:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

diā
* ablative feminine singular of dius

## Lombard
### Etymology

From Latin Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals.

### Pronunciation

* (Western, Milanese) IPA: /ˈdia/
* Hyphenation: di‧a

### Noun

dia m (feminine deja, masculine plural dia, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)
* god, deity
    Synonym: dee

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese dia.

### Noun

dia (plural dia-dia)
* day
    tudo dia ― always; every day (literally, “all day”)

#### Derived terms

* dia-a-dia (“day by day, by the day”)

## Malagasy
### Etymology 1

From Malay liar.

#### Adjective

dia
* wild
    Synonym: haolo

### Etymology 2

Possibly connected with Swahili njia.

#### Noun

dia
* step
* journey
* mark, track, imprint

## Malay
### Etymology

Cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [di.jə]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -iə, -ə
* (Baku) IPA: [di.ja]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -ia, -a
* Hyphenation: di‧a

### Pronoun

dia (Jawi spelling دي)
* Genderless third person pronoun; he, she, it.
    Dia adik lelaki saya.He is my younger brother.

#### Affixations

* diakan

#### Compounds

* dia orang (“they”)

#### Descendants

* Ambonese Malay: dia
* Betawi: dia
* Indonesian: dia

### Further reading

* “dia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

dia
* Nonstandard spelling of diǎ.

#### 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.

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲiə̯/

### Determiner

dia (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)
* of/from his/her/its/their
** c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.Ailbe was the dog’s name, and Ireland was full of his fame.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* diet

### Verb

dia
* simple past and past participle of die

## Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gascony):(file)

### Noun

dia m (plural dias)
* day

#### Derived terms

* uei lo dia

### References

* Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 56.

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʲi.a]

#### Determiner

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)
* of/from his/her/its/their
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

### Etymology 2

di (“of/from”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʲi.a]

#### Pronoun

dïa·
* of/from whom/which

#### Conjunction

dïa
* (with preterite) when
* (with subjunctive, positive only) if
    Synonym: má
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

#### Usage notes

The conjunction is followed by the appropriate dependent verbal form, applying the nasal mutation to it. Unlike modern Irish, no factual-counterfactual distinction exists in the use of má and dïa; they are completely interchangeable.

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: dia
** Irish: dá
** Manx: dy
** Scottish Gaelic: nan

### Etymology 3

Univerbation of do (“to/for”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʲi.a]

#### Determiner

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)
* to/for his/her/its/their
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

### Etymology 4

do (“to/for”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʲi.a]

#### Pronoun

dïa·
* to/for whom/which

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʲiːa̯]

#### Noun

dia m
* Alternative spelling of día (“god”)

### Further reading

* (conjunction): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 día n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* di m

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs.

### Noun

dia m or f
* day (period of 24 hours)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: dia

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dīes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 71

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* dya (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Old Occitan dia and Old Galician-Portuguese dia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdia/

### Noun

dia m (plural dias)
* day
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v:Qvãdo lo ſopo labã al dia t̃cero. q̃ ſe ẏua priſo de ſos amẏgos. E fue trã Jacob. Andadura .vij. dias. e alcãçol en el mõte de galaath.When Laban came to know on the third day that he was fleeing, he took his relatives and went after Jacob, walking seven days, and he overtook him on the hill of Gilead.

#### Antonyms

* noche f

#### Descendants

* Ladino: diya
* Spanish: día
** Papiamentu: dia

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese dia and Spanish día and Kabuverdianu dia.

### Noun

dia
* day

## Plautdietsch
### Adjective

dia
* expensive, dear

## Pom
### Noun

dia
* water

### References

* The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, reformed from the accusative diem, from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous (“day, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Distantly related to Deus, Zeus and Jove.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.ɐ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈdi.a/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: di‧a

### Noun

dia m (plural dias)
* day
** period between sunrise and sunset
*** 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:
    Trazia o Sol o dia celebrado / Em que tres Reis das partes do Oriente,The Sun brought the celebrated day / In which three Kings from the East,
** period from midnight to the following midnight
** period of 24 hours
*** 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:
    Mas logo ao outro dia ſeus parceiros / Todos nús, & da cor da eſcura treua,But just the other day his partners / All naked, & coloured as the dark darkness,
** (astronomy) rotational period of a planet
** (in phrases) date celebrating a particular thing, usually an event, profession or person
** (in phrases) an unspecified period of time either in the past or in the future

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “period of daylight”): noite (“night”)

#### Derived terms

* adiar
* dia-a-dia
* diazinho (diminutive)

#### Related terms

* diário
* diurno
* jeira
* jorna
* jornada
* jornal
* jornalismo
* jornalista

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʲia/

### Noun

dia m (genitive singular dè, plural diathan or dèe)
* god, deity

#### Derived terms

* ban-dia

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “dia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Noun

dia m (plural dias)
* Misspelling of día.
* Obsolete spelling of día.

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English deer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdia/

### Noun

dia
* deer
** 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’[Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِيَة (diya).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dia class IX (plural dia class X)
* bloodwite, wergeld, diyya

### References

* ↑ 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 302 Nr. 2906

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish di, dia, from Proto-Germanic *dijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

#### Verb

dia (present diar, preterite diade, supine diat, imperative dia)
* (intransitive) suck
* (transitive) suckle

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Derived terms

* dibarn
* digivning
* dikalv
* diko
* dilamm

##### Related terms

* di

##### See also

* amma

### Etymology 2

Clipping of diabild.

#### Noun

dia c
* diapositive

##### Declension
### Further reading

* dia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dia in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tolai
### Alternative forms

* diat (when not preceding a verb)

### Pronoun

dia
* they (many), them (many) (third-person plural pronoun)

#### Declension

$^{1)}$ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

## Tswana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.a/

### Verb

go dia
* to delay

## Umbrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dowjō. Compare also 𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌖 (titu) and cognate Latin dō.

### Verb

dia (late Iguvine) (third-person singular subjunctive present)
* (transitive) to give

### References

* Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “dia”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 12