piar

Abinomn

Noun

piar

1. leech

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese , of onomatopoetic origin, or possibly from Latin pipilō, pipilāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈaɾ/

Verb

piar (first-person singular present pío, first-person singular preterite piei, past participle piado)
piar (first-person singular present pio, first-person singular preterite piei, past participle piado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to tweet, to chirp
2. (colloquial, figurative) to covet; to ask; to speak

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tarde piaches

Related terms

• pío

Etymology 2

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese piar (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Alternative forms

• pear

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈaɾ/

Noun

piar m (plural piares)

1. column; pillar (large post)

   Synonym: columna

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 53:

     Et ffezo outrosi en esse castello de Gazõ, a seruiço de Deus, hũa jgleia de grande obra cõ piares et arcos de pedra marmor

     And he also made there, in this castle of Gozón, for the service of God, a large church with columns and archs of marble stone

2. pillar (essential part of something)
3. window sill

   Synonym: peitoril

4. one of several stone pillars placed by way of a bridge

   Synonym: poldra

Further reading

• “piar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “piar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “piar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “piar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “piar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “piar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”). Cognate with German Bier, English beer.

Noun

piar n

1. beer

References

• “piar” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Muellama

Etymology

Compare Awa-Cuaiquer piá.

Noun

piar

1. maize

References

• Sergio Elías Ortiz, Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *piir. Cognate with Eastern Bru piar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

piar 

1. flower

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin pipilāre, or of onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

piar (first-person singular present pio, first-person singular preterite piei, past participle piado)

1. to chirp (to make a short, sharp sound, as of small birds)
2. (by extension) to chat

   Synonym: falar

Conjugation

Related terms

• pio
• piada

Spanish

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from pío (“cheep”), the lowing sound made by a bird. Or possibly from Latin pipilāre or pipiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: piar

Verb

piar (first-person singular present pío, first-person singular preterite pie, past participle piado)

1. to chirp

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “piar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014