different between aia vs aza

English

Noun

aia (plural aias)

1. Alternative spelling of ayah

Anagrams

• AAI

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Portuguese aia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

aia (plural aias)

1. ayah, mammy

Estonian

Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

Noun

aia

1. genitive singular of aed

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Interjection

aia

1. ow, ouch

Synonyms

• ai

Hawaiian

Particle

aia

1. Used at the beginning of a sentence that describes the location (in space or time) of the subject.

   Aia ka ?ohana ma ke ka?a.

   The family is in the car.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ?rea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”).

Noun

aia f (plural aie)

1. farmyard (the square courtyard in the middle of a casa colonica)
2. threshing floor
3. (literary) tutor, especially one hired by a wealthy family

Related terms

• area

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

aia

1. water

Portuguese

Noun

aia f (plural aias)

1. lady-in-waiting
2. tutor, teacher
3. chambermaid

Related terms

• aio

Romanian

Etymology

From a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: a?ia

Determiner

aia

1. feminine singular of ?la

Pronoun

aia

1. feminine singular of ?la

Yurumanguí

Noun

aia

1. water

References

• Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist; also present in ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261

English

Noun

aza (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, attributive) A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
   • 2003, Heinrich Zollinger, Color Chemistry [1], ?ISBN, page 73:

     "However, aza N-atoms (~N=) have to be counted, if they replace methine groups in the chain."

Derived terms

• aziridine

Anagrams

• zaa

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese asa (“wing, handle”), from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa (“handle”). Compare the doublet asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?a/

Noun

aza f (plural azas)

1. (proscribed) Synonym of á (“wing”)
   • 1955, Celso Emilio Ferreiro, O soño sulagado, Akal editor, page 40:

     e nós, os homes, nunca tivemos azas.

     and we men never had wings.

Related terms

• asa

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

Noun

aza

1. wing

Japanese

Romanization

aza

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese asa.

Noun

aza

1. wing

Portuguese

Noun

aza f (plural azas)

1. Obsolete spelling of asa

Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic ????.

Noun

aza c

1. member