iá

iá

Czech

Interjection

iá

1. hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)

Further reading

• iá in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• iá in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈi ˌaː]
• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

iá

1. hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)
   • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎:

     Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!

     Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!

Derived terms

• iázik

 

References

1. iá in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• iá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of iá – see 猶 (“still; yet”). (This character, iá, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶.)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• yá, ya

Etymology

Borrowed from Ronga [Term?], from Afrikaans ja.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈja/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: i‧á

Adverb

iá

1. (Mozambique, Portugal, colloquial) yes

References

1. “iá” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “iá” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.