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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
mia (uncountable)
- (classical studies) An ancient bluffing game played with dice.
Etymology 2
Clipping of bulimia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Mia as form of personification and coded language. Compare ana.
Noun
mia (uncountable)
- (Internet slang) Bulimia nervosa.
Derived terms
See also
See also
Anagrams
- I'm a', ima, IAM, I'ma, I'm'a, AIM, i'ma, IMA, I'm a, i'm'a, mai, I am, Ima, Mai, AMI, aim, Ima', MAI, I'm-a
Baba Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 命 (miā).
Noun
mia
- destiny, fortune, luck
Particle
mia
- possessive particle
Synonyms
Bavarian
- mir (German spelling)
- ma (unstressed form)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate with German mir.
Pronoun
mia
- me (dative)
See also
Bavarian personal pronouns
Etymology 2
Cognate with German wir.
Pronoun
mia
- we
See also
Bavarian personal pronouns
Catalan
Pronoun
mia
- (archaic, poetic, Northern, Alghero) feminine singular of meu
Usage notes
Outside of poetry, certain dialects and sayings, proverbs and set phrases, this form is archaic and is normally supplanted by meva and meua.
Further reading
Esperanto
Etymology
mi + -a
Pronunciation
Determiner
mia (accusative singular mian, plural miaj, accusative plural miajn)
- my, mine
See also
Galician
Verb
mia
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of miar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronoun
mia
- feminine singular of mio
Anagrams
Mori Bawah
Noun
mia
- person
References
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 685
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
mìa f (first person singular possessive)
- feminine singular of mìo
Pronoun
mìa f (first person singular possessive)
- feminine singular of mìo
Northern Paiute
Verb
mia
- go
References
- Sven Liljeblad, Catherine S Fowler, Glenda Powell, Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary (2012, →ISBN (mia-)
Old Catalan
Adjective
mia
- feminine singular of meu
Portuguese
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: mi‧a
Verb
mia
- inflection of miar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
mia
- definite nominative/accusative singular of mie
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin agnella. Compare Aromanian njauã.
Pronunciation
Noun
mia f (plural miele, masculine equivalent miel)
- ewe lamb
Declension
Declension of mia
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(o) mia
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miaua
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(niște) miele
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mielele
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genitive/dative
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(unei) miele
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mielei
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(unor) miele
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mielelor
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vocative
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mia
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mielelor
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Derived terms
Romansch
Adjective
mia f (masculine mes)
- (possessive) my
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِئَة (miʔa).
Pronunciation
Numeral
mia (invariable)
- hundred
Noun
mia (ma class, plural mamia)
- hundred
Derived terms
See also
Tabaru
Pronunciation
Noun
mia
- a monkey
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
mia
- monkey
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *mia, variant of *mian.
Pronunciation
Verb
mia
- to dwell
Further reading
- Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
mia
- (stative) to be good
Conjugation
Conjugation of mia (stative verb)
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singular
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plural
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inclusive
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exclusive
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1st person
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timia
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mimia
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amia
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2nd person
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nimia
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fimia
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3rd person
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inanimate
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imia
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dimia
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animate
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mamia
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imperative
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—, mia
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—, mia
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References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Wolio
Etymology
Compare Balantak mian.
Pronunciation
Noun
mia
- person, human being
References
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris