ria

ria

See also: RIA, Ria, ría, rĩa, and rià

English

Georges River ria

Etymology

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

Noun

ria (plural rias)

1. (geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley. [from 19th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 49:

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

Translations

a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley

Breton: aber (br) m or f Finnish: rias (fi) French: aber (fr) m, ria (fr) f Portuguese: ria (pt) f Spanish: ría (es) f

Anagrams

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

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Esperanto

Etymology

ri +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈria]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Determiner

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

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

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French

Etymology

From Galician.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ria f (plural rias)

1. ria

   Synonym: aber

Further reading

• “ria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Adjective

ria f

1. feminine singular of rio

Anagrams

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈχi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.a/ [ˈhi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ria

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

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

ria c

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

Declension

Declension of ria
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ria	rian	rior	riorna
Genitive	rias	rians	riors	riornas

Verb

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ria (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ria		rias
Supine	riat		riats
Imperative	ria		—
Imper. plural1	rien		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	riar	riade	rias	riades
Ind. plural1	ria	riade	rias	riades
Subjunctive2	rie	riade	ries	riades
	Participles
Present participle	riande
Past participle	riad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi.a]

Verb

ria

1. (transitive) to admonish

Conjugation

Conjugation of ria
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toria	foria	miria
2nd	noria	niria
3rd	Masculine	oria	iria, yoria†
Feminine	moria
Neuter	iria
† - archaic

References

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

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐiə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹiə˧˧]

Noun

(classifier bộ) ria • (挗, 髭, 𣭯, 𩮭)

1. a mustache

See also

• râu

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Woi

Noun

ria

1. blood

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾī.ā/

Pronoun

ria

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

   Synonym: tìwa