caia

See also: Caia and caía

Ladin

Noun

caia f

quail

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkai̯.i̯a/, [ˈkäi̯ːä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ja/, [ˈkäːjä]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“cut, hew”), whence also caedō (“I cut”).

Noun

caia f (genitive caiae); first declension

A cudgel

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caia	caiae
Genitive	caiae	caiārum
Dative	caiae	caiīs
Accusative	caiam	caiās
Ablative	caiā	caiīs
Vocative	caia	caiae

Descendants

Galician: caxato, caxado, caxata
Portuguese: cajado
Spanish: alcayata (“meat hook, spike”) (via Hispano-Arabic الخَيَاطَة‎ (al-ḵayāṭa))

References

“caia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
caia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

caia

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of caium

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɐ/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.a/ [ˈkaɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɐ/

Rhymes: -ajɐ
Hyphenation: cai‧a

Verb

caia

inflection of cair:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Verb

caia

inflection of caiar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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