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tía

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tia"

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: tí‧a

Noun

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tía f (plural tíes)

  1. aunt, female equivalent of tíu

Further reading

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  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “tíu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “tíu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

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Noun

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tía f (plural tías)

  1. aunt
    A miña tía é a irmá do meu pai ou da miña nai.
    My aunt is my mother's or father's sister.
  2. (colloquial) woman
    ¡Tías boas!
    Hot chicks!

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalyzing the -u as the weak feminine oblique suffix in environments where tíu is the object in a sentence. Compare nía and átta, also fimma, sexa, sjöa.

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Noun

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tía f (genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur)

  1. ten (playing card, bus, etc., numbered 10)

Declension

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Declension of tía (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tía tían tíur tíurnar
accusative tíu tíuna tíur tíurnar
dative tíu tíunni tíum tíunum
genitive tíu tíunnar tía tíanna

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: tí‧a

Noun

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tía f (plural tías, masculine tío, masculine plural tíos)

  1. female equivalent of tío: aunt; the sister, sister-in-law or female cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent
    Mi tía es la hermana o prima de mi madre o de mi padre.
    My aunt is my mother's or father's sister or female cousin.
  2. (colloquial, Spain) girl, woman, chick
    tías buenas ― hot chicks

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Teochew 爹 (tia³³). Compare Khmer ទៀ (tiə), Thai เตี่ย (dtìia).

Noun

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tía • (爺)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) father; dad
    Synonyms: bố, ba, cha, thầy, cậu, bọ, áng
    • 2025, Sinike, “Muốn cua anh làm bồ [Want to turn you into lover]”‎[1]performed by Dương Ái Vy:
      ♀: Nhà má mười mấy công ruộng nà
      Còn tía thì mấy trăm chuồng gà
      Mình em thì lo sao hết
      Anh ơi có duyên xin mời qua
      ♀: [My] mom's family has more than ten côngs of rice fields
      And [my] dad has hundreds of chicken coops
      I can't take care of everything by myself
      If you have the chance, please come over
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Pronoun

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tía

  1. (Southern Vietnam) you (used to refer to an older man)
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Cải ơi”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, NXB Trẻ:
      […] tưởng tía làm lớn để lo cho dân, ai dè cũng bo bo cho mình.
      […] I imagined you aimed big to serve the people; who thought you do it all for yourself too.

Etymology 2

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    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紫 (“purple”, SV: tử).

    Adjective

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    tía

    1. (dated) purple
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    Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
         trắng      xám      đen
                 đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
                 vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
                 xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
                 tím; chàm              tía              hồng
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