maia

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ja]

maia m or f (masculine and feminine plural maies)

1. Mayan (of or relating to the Maya people of Central America)

maia m or f by sense (plural maies)

1. Mayan (a Mayan person)

maia m (uncountable)

1. Maya (a Mayan language)

• “maia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “maia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “maia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• maya (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Homophone: Maia
• Hyphenation: mai‧a

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From maio.

maia f (plural maias)

1. (botany) Portuguese yellow broom (Cytisus striatus)

   Synonym: giesta

Borrowed from Spanish maya.

maia m or f by sense (plural maias)

1. Maya (member of the Maya people)

maia m (uncountable)

1. Yucatec Maya (a language spoken by the Maya people)

   Synonym: iucateque

maia m or f (plural maias)

1. Mayan (of or relating to the Maya)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مایه (maya), from Persian مایه (mâye).

maia f (plural maiele)

1. leaven

   Synonyms: covoseală, plămadă, plămădeală

2. yeast (for making bread or wine)

   Synonym: drojdie

• ferment