English

Proper noun

Kia

1. The universal mind or ultimate power, in the dualist occultism of Austin Osman Spare.

Coordinate terms

• Zos

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kia

1. A Korean conglomerate company and brand name.

Swedish

Proper noun

Kia

1. A diminutive of the female given name Kristina, recently also used as a formal given name.

Abenaki

Pronoun

kia

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

References

• Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues (1884)
• John Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4 (1902)

Esperanto

Etymology

ki- ‎(“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -a ‎(“correlative suffix of kind”)

Pronunciation

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 kia koloro almeti por la ĉielo.

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

Derived terms

• kia ajn ‎(“whatever kind of”)

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.

Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki kia.

Pronoun

kia

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

References

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