paia

paia

1. pocketknife

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: pà‧ia

paia f

1. plural of paio

paia

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of parere

Akin to Italian paglia, from Latin palea.

paia f

1. straw

From an eye-dialect spelling of palha (“straw”).

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: pai‧a

paia m or f (plural paias)

1. (Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, slang) boring, uninteresting, monotonous
2. (Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, slang) of bad quality, inefficient

paia m (plural paias)

1. (Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, slang) the bad thing

   O paia é que estou doente e não poderei viajar.

   The bad thing is that I'm ill and won't be able to travel.

From English fire, from Middle English fier, from Old English fȳr, a regularised form of *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaja/

paia

1. fire; flame
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:

     God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

     →New International Version translation

2. anger
3. lightning

paia

1. To burn

• paiawut

Borrowed from Samoan pa'ia.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pa‧i‧a

paia

1. holiness

paia

1. (stative) to be holy

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 256