iá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ia"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjaː]
Interjection
iá
- hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)
Further reading
- “iá”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “iá”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Hokkien
| For pronunciation and definitions of iá – see 猶 (“still; yet”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶). |
| For pronunciation and definitions of iá – see 野 (“very”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 野). |
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈi ˌaː]
- Rhymes: -aː
Interjection
iá
- hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)[1], archived from the original on 19 October 2018:
- Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!
- Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!
Derived terms
- iázik
References
- ^ iá in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- iá in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ronga [Term?], from Afrikaans ja.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈja/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: i‧á
Adverb
iá
- (Mozambique, Portugal, colloquial) yes
References
- ^ “iá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “iá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025