laia
See also: Appendix:Variations of "laia"
Estonian
Noun
laia
- genitive singular of laid
Galician
Verb
laia
- inflection of laiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese laia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaja/
Noun
laia (plural laia-laia)
- kind, sort, type
- tudo laia; laia-laia ― all kinds, all sorts
- manner, mode
- destunga laia ― this way
- qui laia? ― how? (literally, “what way?”)
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ɐ/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.a/ [ˈlaɪ̯.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ɐ/
- Rhymes: -ajɐ
- Hyphenation: lai‧a
Noun
laia f (plural laias)
- (chiefly derogatory) those who share the same moral traits or characteristics: ilk, variety, race, kind
- Não gosto de gente da sua laia. ― I don't like your kind.
Derived terms
- à laia de
Descendants
- Macanese: laia
Further reading
- “laia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “laia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l̪a.ˈi.a/
Noun
laia
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics