# ria
## English
### Etymology

From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from río (“river”), from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹiːə/
* Rhymes: -iːə

### Noun

ria (plural rias)
* (geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley. [from 19th c.]
** 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 49:Flinders had advised Baudin to stop in Port Jackson (the ria of what is now Sydney) when in need of refreshment […] .

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Ira, IAR, IRA, air, 'air, AIR, Ari, rai, ARI, Rai, raï

## Classical Gaelic
### Pronoun

ria
* third-person singular feminine of re

### Contraction

ria
* Contraction of re (“to”) + a (various meanings).

## Esperanto
### Etymology

ri +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈria]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: ri‧a

### Determiner

ria (accusative singular rian, plural riaj, accusative plural riajn)
* (possessive, neologism, nonstandard) their (singular)

### See also

| | | Singular | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural | Plural |
| | | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive |
| First person | First person | mi | min | mia | ni | nin | nia |
| Second person | Formal | vi | vin | via | vi | vin | via |
| Second person | Familiar$^1$ | ci | cin | cia | vi | vin | via |
| Third person | Masculine | li | lin | lia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Feminine | ŝi | ŝin | ŝia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Neuter | ĝi | ĝin | ĝia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Gender-neutral$^2$ | ri ŝli | rin ŝlin | ria ŝlia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Reflexive | si | sin | sia | si | sin | sia |
| Indefinite | Indefinite | oni | onin | onia | oni | onin | onia |
| Notes ||||||||
| $^1$ The second person familiar pronouns are archaic. $^2$ The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used. $^3$ The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used. ||||||||

## French
### Etymology

From Galician.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ria f (plural rias)
* ria
    Synonym: aber

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Verb

ria
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
** first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Irish
### Pronoun

ria (emphatic riasa)
* (obsolete) third-person singular feminine of re

### Contraction

ria
* (obsolete) Contraction of re (“to”) + a (various meanings).
    ‘to his’ (triggers lenition): ria dheartháir ― to his brother
    ‘to her’ (triggers h-prothesis): ria hathair ― to her father
    ‘to their’ (triggers eclipsis): ria ndeartháir ― to their brother

## Italian
### Adjective

ria f
* feminine singular of rio

### Anagrams

* -ari, -irà, Ari, RAI, Rai, ari, ira, rai

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ria/
* Rhymes: -ia, -a
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [riə], [rʲə]

### Adjective

ria (Jawi spelling ريا)
* happy

#### Synonyms

* gembira
* girang
* riang
* sukacita

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈχi.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.a/ [ˈhi.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁi.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: ri‧a

### Etymology 1

Alteration of rio (“river”), or borrowed from Spanish ría.

#### Noun

ria f (plural rias)
* (hydrography) ria (rugged coastal inlet)
* (hydrography) branch; inlet (body of water extending from or flowing into a larger one)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ria
* inflection of rir:
** first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology

Probably from Finnish riihi (“kiln, grain drying cabin”).

### Noun

ria c
* a dryer, a kiln to dry corn; a traditional Finnish/Scandinavian wooden building used for indoor drying of corn

#### Declension
### Verb

ria (present riar, preterite riade, supine riat, imperative ria)
* to dry corn in a kiln
    Den finska rågen stod högt i anseende till utsäde, beroende på att den fick stå ute att eftermogna i skyl, innan den riades, under det att den svenska vanligen riades omedelbart efter skärningen.The Finnish rye was highly regarded as seedcorn because it was left outdoors to ripen in ricks before being taken to be dried, while the Swedish rye was usually dried immediately after harvest.

#### Conjugation

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

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɾi.a]

### Verb

ria
* (transitive) to admonish

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ziə˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʐiə˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ɹiə˧˧]

### Noun

(classifier bộ) ria • (挗, 髭, 𣭯, 𩮭)
* a mustache
    Synonym: ria mép

### See also

* râu

## Woi
### Noun

ria
* blood

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ra

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾī.ā/

### Pronoun

ria
* (Ekiti, Ijesha) our, ours, us
    Synonym: tìwa