tia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tia"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Tidikelt Tamazight.

Symbol

tia

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tidikelt Tamazight.

English

Alternative forms

• TIA

Proper noun

tia

1. Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
2. Initialism of This Is Africa, a business newspaper.

Noun

tia (plural tias)

1. (medicine) Initialism of transient ischemic attack.

Phrase

tia

1. Initialism of thanks in advance.

Anagrams

• AIT, IAT, ITA, TAI, Tai, ait, ita, tai

Akan

Alternative forms

• (Fante) tsia

Verb

tia (transitive past tiaa, future bɛtia, progressive retia, perfect atia, reduplication tiatia)

1. to be short
2. to tread on
3. to add

   Synonyms: fa ka ho, (Fante) si do, (Twi) si so

4. to be against

Usage notes

Aside from sɛ, Akan lacks true postpositions or prepositions. This term is typically used in a manner semantically reminiscent of English against; however, in Akan, this term is syntactically a verb.

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “short”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• LearnAkan (2018–present), “against”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• Anane, J. Opoku (2000), “tia”, in Advance Akan Dictionary: Akuapim, Asante and Fante with Names and Meanings (overall work in English), Anwomaso – Kumasi, Ghana: Prisebs Business Services, →ISBN

Arabela

Noun

tia (plural tiaca)

1. house

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈti.a]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

tia f (plural ties)

1. aunt
2. (colloquial) gal

Derived terms

• tia valenciana
• tieta

See also

• oncle

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tía (“aunt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈti.a]

• Hyphenation: ti‧a

Noun

tia

1. aunt

   Coordinate term: tio

Chungli Ao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti˧.ja˧/, [ti˧.ja˧]

Noun

tia

1. luck, fortune
   • 1967, “Genesis 30:11”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Kü tia koda tajung!

     What a good fortune for me!

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 88

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto ti-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto tia

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -a (correlative suffix of "kind").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtia/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ti‧a

Determiner

tia (accusative singular tian, plural tiaj, accusative plural tiajn)

1. that kind of, such a (demonstrative correlative of kind)

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, tia ĉi means this kind of.

Derived terms

• tiaaĵo, tiaĵo

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Further reading

• “tia”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tia”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tia – see 爹 (“father; dad; old man; grandpa; granddad; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 爹).

Ilocano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ia

Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)

Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā)bor.

Late Latin thia

Spanish tíabor.

Ilocano tia

Borrowed from Spanish tía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtija/ [ˈti.ja]
• Hyphenation: ti‧a

Noun

tia (masculine tio)

1. aunt

   Synonyms: ikit, anti

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek θεῖα (theîa).

Noun

tia f

1. aunt

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈtiɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tia, from Proto-Oceanic *tia-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian (compare with Malay tian), from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

tia

1. abdomen, stomach
2. umbilical cord

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English deer.

Noun

tia

1. deer

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English steer.

Noun

tia

1. steering

Verb

tia

1. to steer

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “tia”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ia

Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)

Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā)bor.

Late Latin thīa

Old Galician-Portuguese tia

Portuguese tia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thīa, borrowed from Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā, “aunt”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ti‧a

Noun

tia f (plural tias, masculine tio, masculine plural tios)

1. aunt (sister of someone's father or mother, or an uncle's wife)
2. (slang) aunt (colloquial term of address for an older woman)
3. (slang, by extension) colloquial term of address for any female person
4. (Brazil, slang) a female clerk who performs a regular activity

   tia da limpeza ― cleaning woman, janitor

Descendants

• → Aukan: tiya
• → Saramaccan: tia

Further reading

• “tia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tia (infinitive kutia)

1. to put, to place
2. to apply, to bring to bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tia
Positive present -natia Subjunctive -tie Negative -tii Imperative singular tia
Infinitives
Positive kutia Negative kutotia
Imperatives
Singular tia Plural tieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutia Positive past positive subject concord + -litia Negative past negative subject concord + -kutia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natia) Singular Plural 1st person ninatia/natia tunatia 2nd person unatia mnatia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatia wanatia other classes positive subject concord + -natia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tii) Singular Plural 1st person sitii hatutii 2nd person hutii hamtii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatii hawatii other classes negative subject concord + -tii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatia Negative future negative subject concord + -tatia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tie) Singular Plural 1st person nitie tutie 2nd person utie mtie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atie watie other classes positive subject concord + -tie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atia) Singular Plural 1st person natia twatia 2nd person watia mwatia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atia watia m-mi(III/IV) watia yatia ji-ma(V/VI) latia yatia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatia vyatia n(IX/X) yatia zatia u(XI) watia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatia pa(XVI) patia mu(XVIII) mwatia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotia Consecutive katia / positive subject concord + -katia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitia -tutia 2nd person -kutia -watia/-kutieni/-watieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtia -watia m-mi(III/IV) -utia -itia ji-ma(V/VI) -litia -yatia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitia -vitia n(IX/X) -itia -zitia u(XI) -utia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutia pa(XVI) -patia mu(XVIII) -mutia Reflexive -jitia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tiaye -tiao m-mi(III/IV) -tiao -tiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tialo -tiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tiacho -tiavyo n(IX/X) -tiayo -tiazo u(XI) -tiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tiako pa(XVI) -tiapo mu(XVIII) -tiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetia -otia m-mi(III/IV) -otia -yotia ji-ma(V/VI) -lotia -yotia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotia -vyotia n(IX/X) -yotia -zotia u(XI) -otia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotia pa(XVI) -potia mu(XVIII) -motia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tilia
  • Causative: -tilisha
  • Passive: -tiwa, -tiliwa
  • Other formations: -tia nguvu (“arrest”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtiaji
  • utiaji

Swedish

Etymology

From the number tio (“ten”).

Noun

tia c

1. a number 10 (ten)
2. a person or an object by context associated with the number ten, for instance in sports and other forms of competing
   1. a tenth place holder
3. a coin or banknote worth ten of a currency (most commonly referring to the Swedish ten kronor (SEK) coin or the now deprecated banknote)

   Synonym: guldtia

Declension

Declension of tia

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tia	tias
	definite	tian	tians
plural	indefinite	tior	tiors
	definite	tiorna	tiornas

See also

• nolla, etta, tvåa, trea, fyra, femma, sexa, sjua, åtta, nia, tia, elva, tolva
• tjuga
• hundring

Anagrams

• ta i

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiə˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Noun

tia • (濞, 𣈢)

1. (optics) a beam or a ray

   tia nắng

   a beam of sunshine

   (phóng xạ) tia X/Rơn-ghen

   X-/Roentgen ray (radiation)

2. (of liquid) a jet
3. (geometry) a ray

Anagrams

• tai