kia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kia"

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot kia.

Pronoun

kia

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

References

• 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

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkia]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ki‧a

Determiner

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.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• kia ajn (“whatever kind of”)

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		Interrogative	Demonstrative	Indefinite	Universal	Negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
Kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
Reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
Time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
Place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
Motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
Manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
Possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
Demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
Amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
Demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.a/, [ˈti.jə]

Noun

kia

1. pillar, post

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kia”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Indonesian

Etymology

From Classical Persian بخیه (baxiya, “stitch, suture”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kia

1. (archaic) to stitch.

   Synonym: jahit

Further reading

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

Inupiaq

Pronoun

kia

1. whose

   Kia aglautaa una?

   Whose pencil is this?

Synonyms

• kisum

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.a/, [ˈki.ɐ]

Particle

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, may (there 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

Derived terms

• kia kaha
• kia ora

References

• "kia" - Maori Dictionary

Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki kia.

Pronoun

kia

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

References

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

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 24 July 2022

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kiə˧˧]

Adjective

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

Usage notes

• 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.

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives

	Proximal (*-iː)	Distal 1 (*-iːʔ)	Distal 2 (*-əːʔ)	Distal 3/ Remote (*-ɔːʔ)	Interrogative (rime was a rounded back vowel)
Place, attributive1 n-	ni nì này/nầy nây	nấy	nớ	nọ (nó)	nào
Place, nominal2 đ-	đây	đấy (ấy)	—	đó	đâu
Manner r-	ri rày	—	rứa	—	ru sao3
Extent 14 b-	bây	bấy	—	—	bao
Extent 25 v-	vầy	vậy	—	—	—
1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language). 2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”). 3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant). 4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”). 5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).
Visibility/evidentiality6
	Distal (ngang)			Remote (huyền)
Northern-Southern	kia (cơ)			kìa (cờ)
Central	tê			tề
6 Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: [t]ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943).

Adverb

kia

1. over there

Derived terms

• kia kìa