mia

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

mia (uncountable)

  1. (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)

  1. (Internet slang) Bulimia nervosa.
Derived terms
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See also

etymologically unrelated terms contianing "mia"

Anagrams

Baba Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien (miā).

Noun

mia

  1. destiny, fortune, luck

Particle

mia

  1. possessive particle

Synonyms

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • mir (German spelling)
  • ma (unstressed form)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with German mir.

Pronoun

mia

  1. me (dative)

See also

Etymology 2

Cognate with German wir.

Pronoun

mia

  1. we

See also

Catalan

Pronoun

mia

  1. (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)

  1. my, mine

See also

Galician

Verb

mia

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of miar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronoun

mia

  1. feminine singular of mio

Anagrams

Mori Bawah

Noun

mia

  1. person

References

  • The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 685

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

mìa f (first person singular possessive)

  1. feminine singular of mìo

Pronoun

mìa f (first person singular possessive)

  1. feminine singular of mìo

Northern Paiute

Verb

mia

  1. go

References

  • Sven Liljeblad, Catherine S Fowler, Glenda Powell, Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary (2012, →ISBN (mia-)

Old Catalan

Adjective

mia

  1. feminine singular of meu

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: mi‧a

Verb

mia

  1. inflection of miar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

mia

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of mie

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin agnella. Compare Aromanian njauã.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

mia f (plural miele, masculine equivalent miel)

  1. ewe lamb
Declension
Derived terms

Romansch

Adjective

mia f (masculine mes)

  1. (possessive) my

Swahili

Swahili numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: mia

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِئَة (miʔa).

Pronunciation

Numeral

mia (invariable)

  1. hundred

Noun

mia (ma class, plural mamia)

  1. hundred

Derived terms

See also

Tabaru

Pronunciation

Noun

mia

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. (stative) to be good

Conjugation

Conjugation of mia (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person timia mimia amia
2nd person nimia fimia
3rd person inanimate imia dimia
animate mamia
imperative —, mia —, mia

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Wolio

Etymology

Compare Balantak mian.

Pronunciation

Noun

mia

  1. person, human being

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris