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See also: Appendix:Variations of "xa"

Apalaí

Etymology

From Portuguese chá, from Cantonese 茶 (caa4, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Noun

xa

  1. tea

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh).

Pronunciation

Noun

xa m (plural xas)

  1. shah (a king of Persia or Iran)

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Cocopa

Noun

xa

  1. water

References

  • James Mack Crawford, Cocopa Dictionary (1989)

Eastern Pomo

Etymology

From Proto-Pomo *ʔahqʰá (“water”).

Noun

xa

  1. water

References

  • Sally McLendon, A grammar of Eastern Pomo (1975)

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃa/ [ˈʃa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: xa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ja, from Latin iam.

Adverb

xa

  1. already

Conjunction

xa

  1. sometimes … sometimes
    Synonym: ora
    Xa ri, xa chora. ― Sometimes they laugh, other times they cry.

Etymology 2

From and older *jãa, from Latin Diāna. Cognate with Asturian xana, Old French gene, Romanian zână.

Alternative forms

Noun

xa f (plural xas)

  1. (folklore) ghost, phantom
  2. (folklore) fairy
    • 1886, M. Nunez González, O muíño dos tíos Mariquiñas:
      un térmeno medio entre os trasnos e as almas en pena; pero que participaban un pouco máis desta última condición, sólo que eran moi pacífecas, pois nunca se soubo que se metesen con nadie non metendose primeiro con elas. A estas pantasmas chamabanlle xás; abundaban como as moscas no mes da Agosto, e eran pola súa bondá, pouco temidas dos labregos.
      ... a middle term in between elves and banshees, but a little closer to the latter ones and more peaceful, since they never messed with nobody if not disturbed first. These ghosts were called xas; they abounded as flies in August, and, because of they good temper, they were little feared by the peasants.

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Persian شاه (šâh).

Noun

xa m (plural xas)

  1. shah (title of Persian kings)

References

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Gun

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

xà (Benin)

  1. basket

Paipai

Noun

xa

  1. water

Somali

Noun

xa ?

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

See also

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Pronoun

xa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ) (text messaging, Internet slang)

  1. alternative form of siya

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kraᴬ (“to seek”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩣ, Lao ຫາ (hā), Lü ᦠᦱ (ḣaa), Tai Dam ꪬꪱ, Shan ႁႃ (hǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā) or 𑜁𑜞𑜠 (khra), Zhuang ra, Saek หร่า, Thai หา (hǎa).

Pronunciation

Verb

xa (Nôm form 賒,車,俥)

  1. to search, look for
    xa pi̱ noọng ― to search for brothers
    xa fừn ― to gather firewood
    xa chèn ― to earn money
  2. to want
    Mầư xa thai lỏ?
    You wanna die?

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006), Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
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Tipai

Noun

xa

  1. (Jamul) water

References

  • Amy Miller, A Grammar of Jamul Tipay

Venda

Verb

xa

  1. to dry up

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 賒.

    Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 可耶 (MC khaX yae) (modern SV: khả da), 可賒 (MC khaX syae) (modern SV: khả xa) and 可車 (MC khaX tsyhae) (modern SV: khả xa).

    Displaced native ngái in the major dialects.

    Adjective

    xa

    1. far
      Synonym: ngái
      Antonym: gần
      rất gần rất xa ― so close, (yet) so far [song name]
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Vietnamese word from 車. Compare hè and hạ, chè and trà.

      Noun

      (classifier con, quân) xa

      1. (xiangqi, chess) rare form of xe

      Romanization

      xa

      1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 車
      Derived terms
      See also
      Xiangqi pieces in Vietnamese quân cờ tướng (layout · text)
      tướng sĩ tượng, tịnh mã xe, xa pháo tốt, chốt
      Chess pieces in Vietnamese · quân cờ vua (layout · text)
      ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
      vua hậu xe, xa tượng, tịnh mã tốt, chốt

      Etymology 3

        Sino-Vietnamese word from 奢.

        Adjective

        xa

        1. (only in compounds) extravagant, wasteful
        Derived terms

        Xhosa

        Pronunciation

        Conjunction

        xá

        1. when, if [with participial]

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