kia

Cognate to Penobscot kia.

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 58
• John Dyneley Prince (1902), “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist, volume 4, page 28 of 17–32

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +‎ -a (correlative suffix of kind).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia]
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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ki‧a

kia (accusative singular kian, plural kiaj, accusative plural kiajn)

1. what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind)

   Mi ne scias kian koloron almeti por la ĉielo.

   I do not know what kind of color to put on for the sky.

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kia can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kia ajn thus means whatever kind of.

• kia ajn (“whatever kind of”)

From Proto-Polynesian *tia (compare with Maori tia), from Proto-Oceanic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ (compare with Malay tiang).

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.a/, [ˈtijə]

kia

1. pillar, post

• “kia” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

From Persian بخیه‎ (baxiye, “stitch, suture”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia̯]
• Hyphenation: kia

kia

1. (archaic) to stitch.

   Synonym: jahit

• “kia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

kia

1. whose

   Kia aglautaa una?

   Whose pencil is this?

• kisum

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.a/, [ˈki.ɐ]

kia

1. when; until (used for a future time)
2. to; that (indicates a purpose, wish or effect) (used if second verb is passive or stative, or if the subject of the subordinate clause is different to the main clause)

   I tonoa rātou kia waiata.

   They were asked to sing.

3. (let) be (indicates desirability)

   Kia tūpato

   Be careful

4. specifies an amount

   Kia hia ngā tīkiti māu?

   How many tickets do you need?

5. not yet
6. so that
7. so that ... will not
8. shouldn't

• "kia" - Maori Dictionary

Cognate to Abenaki kia.

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 其 (“that; those”, SV: kì). Related to kìa.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]

kia • (箕)

1. that, over there
2. other, opposite
   • 2009, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Trái tim của Bụt, NXB Tổng hợp TP. Hồ Chí Minh, page 14:

     Khi ngồi nhìn lên chúng ta nghĩ đó là phía trên, nhìn xuống ta nghĩ đó là phía dưới. Nhưng cùng một lúc đó, đồng loại ta ở phía bên kia địa cầu nhìn sẽ thấy ngược lại.

     When we are seated and look up, we imagine that is above; looking down we imagine that is below. But at the same time, people at the other side of the world will see it the other way around.

3. (with time expressions) two removed from the present

   ngày kia ― the day after tomorrow

   hôm kia ― the day before yesterday

   năm kia ― two years ago

• Kia meaning "that" denotes a place, person or thing far from both the speaker and the person(s) he or she is talking to. Usually both the speaker and the person(s) he or she is talking to can see that place, person or thing and the speaker may be pointing to it.

kia

1. over there

• kia kìa