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amia

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See also: Amia and àmia

English

Noun

amia (plural amias)

  1. The bowfin, Amia calva.

Anagrams

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin amita. Compare Venetan àmia.

Noun

amia

  1. aunt

Finnish

Etymology

< taxonomic name Amia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝miɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmiɑ
  • Syllabification(key): a‧mi‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): amia

Noun

amia

  1. bowfin, amia, Amia calva (species of freshwater fish native to North America)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amīca.

Noun

amia m (plural amies) (ORB, broad)

  1. female friend
    Coordinate term: ami m

References

  • ami in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • amia in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).

Noun

amia f (plural amie)

  1. bowfin (freshwater fish of the family Amiidae)

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).

Noun

amia f (genitive amiae); first declension

  1. A sea fish, probably a tuna

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Translingual: Amia
  • Spanish: lamia, amia (learned)

References

  • amia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin amīca.

Noun

amia f (plural amias)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) (female) friend, girlfriend

Coordinate terms

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