adia

See also: adiá and adía

Abenaki

Etymology

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Noun

adia (animate)

1. dog

   Synonym: alemos

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884), New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 35

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adia/ [a.ð̞i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧di‧a

Etymology 1

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Noun

adia inan

1. lamentation, lamentation, groan

Declension

Declension of adia (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	adia	adia	adiak	adiok
ergative	adiak	adiak	adiek	adiok
dative	adiari	adiari	adiei	adioi
genitive	adiaren	adiaren	adien	adion
comitative	adiarekin	adiarekin	adiekin	adiokin
causative	adiarengatik	adiarengatik	adiengatik	adiongatik
benefactive	adiarentzat	adiarentzat	adientzat	adiontzat
instrumental	adiaz	adiaz	adiez	adiotaz
innesive	adiatan	adian	adietan	adiotan
locative	adiatako	adiako	adietako	adiotako
allative	adiatara	adiara	adietara	adiotara
terminative	adiataraino	adiaraino	adietaraino	adiotaraino
directive	adiatarantz	adiarantz	adietarantz	adiotarantz
destinative	adiatarako	adiarako	adietarako	adiotarako
ablative	adiatatik	adiatik	adietatik	adiotatik
partitive	adiarik	—	—	—
prolative	adiatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• adia egin (“to groan”)
• adiagile (“weeper”)
• adiaka (“groaning”)
• adiakari (“weeper”)
• adiakatu (“to groan”)

Etymology 2

Noun

adia

1. absolutive singular of adi

Further reading

• “adia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “adia”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Verb

adia

1. inflection of adiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• dia — colloquial, short form
• adiay, diay — with indefinite subject

Etymology

From the same root as kiri, kari (“this”). Compare similar formations in ania, anaa, atua, and aduna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdiʔa/ [ʔɐˈd̪i.ʔɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧di‧a

Verb

adia (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜀ)

1. there exists (near the speaker); here is

   Coordinate terms: ania, anaa, atua

   adiay sensilyo ― here's some loose change

2. (literary, in narration) now, at this juncture

   nalipay siya kay, dia, nadato na man pud siya ― he was happy because, here he was, he managed to become rich in return

Usage notes

• In colloquial language, anaa (naa) has met more frequent usage than all the other existential verbs: aduna, adia, ania, and atua, to mean "there is; to be in; to have."

See also

Cebuano demonstrative pronouns

	direct*		indirect*		oblique	locative	allative	existential**		interjection**		manner**
	full	short	full	short				full	short	full	short	full	short
near speaker***	karí kirí	ri	niari niiri	ari iri	kan-ari† kan-iri†	dirí	ngarí	adia	dia	diará	dará	ingon ari	Ø
near speaker and listener***	kaní kiní	ni	niani niini	ani ini	kan-ani† kan-ini†	dinhi	nganhi	ania	nia	niará	Ø	ingon ani	ing-ani in-ani
near listener	kanâ	nà	nianà	anà	kan-anà†	dinhà dirâ	nganhà ngarâ	anaa	naa	naará	nará	ingon anà	ing-anà in-anà
remote	kadto kató	to	niadto niato	adto ato	kan-adto†	didto	ngadto	atua	tua	tuará	turá	ingon adto ingon ato	ing-ato in-ato

^† Archaic
* When the demonstrative is used as a predicate, the full form must be used. Short forms never start sentences.
** Full and short forms used interchangeably. Full forms may be more formal, while short forms may be more colloquial.
*** These two series may be conflated in colloquial Cebuano.

Galician

Verb

adia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of adiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

adia

1. inflection of adiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative