ria

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From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from río (“river”), from Latin.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

ria (plural rias)

1. (geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 49:

     Flinders had advised Baudin to stop in Port Jackson (the ria of what is now Sydney) when in need of refreshment […] .

• Ira, IAR, IRA, air, 'air, AIR, Ari, rai, ARI, Rai, raï

ri +‎ -a

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

ria (accusative singular rian, plural riaj, accusative plural riajn)

1. (possessive, neologism, nonstandard) their (singular)

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ria f (plural rias)

1. ria

   Synonym: aber

• “ria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

ria

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

ria f

1. feminine singular of rio

• -ari, -irà, Ari, RAI, Rai, ari, ira, rai

• IPA^(key): /ria/
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): ,

ria (Jawi spelling ريا)

1. happy

• gembira
• girang
• riang
• sukacita

• “ria” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

 ria on Portuguese Wikipedia

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Alteration of rio (“river”), or borrowed from Spanish ría.

ria f (plural rias)

1. (hydrography) ria (rugged coastal inlet)
2. (hydrography) branch; inlet (body of water extending from or flowing into a larger one)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ria

1. inflection of rir:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Probably from Finnish riihi (“kiln, grain drying cabin”).

ria c

1. a dryer, a kiln to dry corn; a traditional Finnish/Scandinavian wooden building used for indoor drying of corn

ria (present riar, preterite riade, supine riat, imperative ria)

1. to dry corn in a kiln

   Den finska rågen stod högt i anseende till utsäde, beroende på att den fick stå ute att eftermogna i skyl, innan den riades, under det att den svenska vanligen riades omedelbart efter skärningen.

   The Finnish rye was highly regarded as seedcorn because it was left outdoors to ripen in ricks before being taken to be dried, while the Swedish rye was usually dried immediately after harvest.

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ria

1. (transitive) to admonish

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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ria

Wikipedia ^vi

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(classifier bộ) ria • (挗, 髭, 𣭯, 𩮭)

1. a mustache

   Synonym: ria mép

• râu

ria

1. blood

• ra

• IPA^(key): /ɾī.ā/

ria

1. (Ekiti, Ijesha) our, ours, us

   Synonym: tìwa