saia

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See also: Saia and saía

Estonian

Noun

saia

  1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of sai

Galician

saias ("skirts")

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaja̝/
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Etymology 1

13th century, but well attested since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin documents as saia. From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

  1. long skirt (women's clothing)
    Synonym: faldra
  2. (dated) robe
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

  1. inflection of saír:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sair:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  • “saya” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “saya” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “saia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “saia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “saia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. saia.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “saya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: sà‧ia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“cloak”).

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

  1. twill

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”) (from a dialect in which q is pronounced as a glottal stop), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia.

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

  1. (regional) a ditch or trench, especially in Sicily

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ajɐ
  • Hyphenation: sai‧a

Etymology 1

saia

From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos) (cloak); cognate with Galician saia and archaic Spanish saya.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

  1. a woman's skirt
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: saia
  • → Bengali: শায়া (śaẏa), সায়া (śaẏa)
  • → Kadiwéu: jaye

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

  1. inflection of sair:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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