iá

Czech

Interjection

iá

  1. hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)

Further reading
  • iá in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • iá in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈi ˌaː]
  • Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

iá

  1. hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)
    • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎:
      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
  1. 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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of iá – see 猶 (“still; yet”).
(This character, iá, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 猶.)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ronga [Term?], from Afrikaans ja.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: i‧á

Adverb

iá

  1. (Mozambique, Portugal, colloquial) yes

References
  1. “iá” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “iá” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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