aiga
English
Noun
aiga (plural aigas)
- A Samoan extended family.
- A type of bus, typically a modified pickup truck, used by private entrepreneurs in American Samoa.
Anagrams
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
aika |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
aiga |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aika. Cognates include Finnish aika and Estonian aeg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯ɡɑ/
- Hyphenation: ai‧ga
Noun
aiga (genitive aijan, partitive aigua)
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of aiga (type 4/kala ig-ij gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aiga | aijat | |
| genitive | aijan | aijoin | |
| partitive | aigua | aigoida | |
| illative | aigah | aigoih | |
| inessive | aijašša | aijoissa | |
| elative | aijašta | aijoista | |
| adessive | aijalla | aijoilla | |
| ablative | aijalda | aijoilda | |
| translative | aijakši | aijoiksi | |
| essive | aigana | aigoina | |
| comitative | aijanke | aijoinke | |
| abessive | aijatta | aijoitta | |
| Possessive forms of aiga | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | aigani | |
| 2nd person | aigaš | |
| 3rd person | aigah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “aiga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Occitan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan aigua / aiga, from Latin aqua.
Pronunciation
- (Langadocian) IPA(key): /ˈajɡɒ/
- (Limousin) IPA(key): /ˈajɡɔ/
- (Auvergne) IPA(key): /ˈajɔ/
- (Vivaro-Alpine) IPA(key): /ˈajɡə/
- (Marchés) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡ/
- (Niçard) IPA(key): /ˈajɡa/
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Noun
aiga f (plural aigas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Old Occitan
Noun
aiga f (oblique plural aigas, nominative singular aiga, nominative plural aigas)
- alternative form of aigua
Samoan
Noun
aiga