mia
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mia"
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
mia (uncountable)
- (classical studies) An ancient bluffing game played with dice.
Etymology 2
Clipping of bulimia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Mia as form of personification and coded language. Compare ana.
Noun
mia (uncountable)
- (Internet, slang) bulimia (used especially by the pro-mia movement).
Derived terms
- pro-mia
See also
- ana, pro-ana
Anagrams
- AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, Mai, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai
Baba Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 命 (miā).
Noun
mia
- destiny, fortune, luck
Particle
mia
- possessive particle
Synonyms
- punya
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- mir (German spelling)
- ma (unstressed form)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miɐ̯/
Etymology 1
Cognate with German mir.
Pronoun
mia
- me (dative)
See also
Bavarian personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||
| 1st person singular | i | — | mi | — | mia (mir) | ma | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du | — | di | — | dia (dir) | da | |
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Sie | — | Eahna | — | Eahna | — | |
| 3rd person singular | m | er | a | eahm | 'n | eahm | 'n |
| n | es, des | 's | des | 's | |||
| f | se, de | 's | se | 's | ihr | — | |
| 1st person plural | mia (mir) | ma | uns | — | uns | — | |
| 2nd person plural | eß, ihr | — | enk, eich | — | enk, eich | — | |
| 3rd person plural | se | 's | eahna | — | eahna | — | |
Etymology 2
Cognate with German wir.
Pronoun
mia
- we
See also
Bavarian personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||
| 1st person singular | i | — | mi | — | mia (mir) | ma | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du | — | di | — | dia (dir) | da | |
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Sie | — | Eahna | — | Eahna | — | |
| 3rd person singular | m | er | a | eahm | 'n | eahm | 'n |
| n | es, des | 's | des | 's | |||
| f | se, de | 's | se | 's | ihr | — | |
| 1st person plural | mia (mir) | ma | uns | — | uns | — | |
| 2nd person plural | eß, ihr | — | enk, eich | — | enk, eich | — | |
| 3rd person plural | se | 's | eahna | — | eahna | — | |
Catalan
Pronoun
mia
- (archaic, poetic, Northern Catalan, Alghero) feminine singular of meu
Usage notes
Outside of poetry, certain dialects and sayings, proverbs and set phrases, this form is archaic and is normally supplanted by meva and meua.
Further reading
- “mia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “mia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Etymology
mi + -a
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): [ˈmia]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: mi‧a
Determiner
mia (accusative singular mian, plural miaj, accusative plural miajn)
- my, mine
See also
- cia
- ĝia
- ilia
- lia
- nia
- onia
- sia
- ŝia
- via
Italian
Pronoun
mia
- feminine singular of mio
Anagrams
- ami, ima, mai
Mori Bawah
Noun
mia
- person
References
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 685
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi(ə)/
- Homophone: mìo
Adjective
mìa f (first person singular possessive)
- feminine singular of mìo
Pronoun
mìa f (first person singular possessive)
- feminine singular of mìo
Northern Paiute
Verb
mia
- go
References
- Sven Liljeblad, Catherine S Fowler, Glenda Powell, Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary (2012, →ISBN (mia-)
Old Catalan
Adjective
mia
- feminine singular of meu
Portuguese
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɐ/
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: mi‧a
Verb
mia
- inflection of miar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ja/
Noun
mia
- definite nominative/accusative singular of mie
Etymology 2
From Latin agnella. Compare Aromanian njauã.
Alternative forms
- mială
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmja/
Noun
mia f (plural miele, masculine equivalent miel)
- ewe lamb
Declension
Declension of mia
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) mia | miaua | (niște) miele | mielele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) miele | mielei | (unor) miele | mielelor |
| vocative | mia | mielelor | ||
Derived terms
- mioară
Related terms
- miel
- miță
Romansch
Adjective
mia f (masculine mes)
- (possessive) my
Swahili
| 1,000 | ||||
| ← 90 | ← 99 | 100 | 101 → | 200 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: mia | ||||
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِئَة (miʾa).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Numeral
mia (invariable)
- hundred
Noun
mia (ma class, plural mamia)
- hundred
Derived terms
- asilimia
See also
- miateini (“two hundred”)
Tabaru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmi.a]
Noun
mia
- a monkey
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmi.a]
Noun
mia
- monkey
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *mia, variant of *mian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mia/
Verb
mia
- to dwell
Further reading
- Ross, Malcolm D. (2016), Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, OCLC 40267977; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor,, (please provide a date or year)
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/
Verb
mia
- (stative) to be good
Conjugation
| Conjugation of mia (stative verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | timia | mimia | amia | |
| 2nd person | nimia | fimia | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | imia | dimia | |
| animate | mamia | |||
| imperative | —, mia | —, mia | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Wolio
Etymology
Compare Balantak mian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mia/
Noun
mia
- person, human being
References
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris