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tía

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tia"

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

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Noun

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tía f (plural tíes)

  1. aunt, female equivalent of tíu

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

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Noun

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tía f (plural tías)

  1. aunt
    A miña tía é a irmá do meu pai ou da miña nai.
    My aunt is my mother's or father's sister.
  2. (colloquial) woman
    ¡Tías boas!
    Hot chicks!

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalizing the -u as the weak feminine oblique suffix in environments where tíu is the object in a sentence. Compare nía and átta, also fimma, sexa, sjöa.

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Noun

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tía f (genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur)

  1. ten (playing card, bus, etc., numbered 10)

Declension

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Declension of tía (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tía tían tíur tíurnar
accusative tíu tíuna tíur tíurnar
dative tíu tíunni tíum tíunum
genitive tíu tíunnar tía tíanna

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: tí‧a

Noun

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tía f (plural tías, masculine tío, masculine plural tíos)

  1. female equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister, sister-in-law or female cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent
    Mi tía es la hermana o prima de mi madre o de mi padre.
    My aunt is my mother's or father's sister or female cousin.
  2. (colloquial, Spain) woman, chick
    ¡Tías buenas! ― Hot chicks!

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Teochew 爹 (tia³³). Compare Khmer ទៀ (tiə), Thai เตี่ย (dtìia).

Noun

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tía • (爺)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) father; dad
    Synonyms: bố, ba, cha, thầy, cậu, bọ, áng
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Etymology 2

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紫 (“purple”, SV: tử).

Adjective

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tía

  1. (dated) purple
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Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng
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