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Tia
Tia
tia
tia
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
tia
- Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
 - Initialism of This is Africa, a business newspaper.
 
Noun
tia (plural tias)
- (medicine) Initialism of transient ischemic attack.
 
Phrase
tia
- Initialism of thanks in advance.
 
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
Esperanto ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -a (correlative suffix of "kind")
Determiner
tia (accusative singular tian, plural tiaj, accusative plural tiajn)
- that kind of, such a (demonstrative correlative of kind)
 
Usage notes
When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, tia ĉi means this kind of.
Derived terms
- tiaaĵo
 
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtiɐ/
 -  (Brazil) 
- (General) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃia/, /ˈt͡ʃiɐ/
 - (Northeastern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtia/
 
 - Hyphenation: ti‧a
 
Noun
tia f (plural tias) (masculine tio)
- aunt (sister of someone's father or mother, or an uncle's wife)
 - (slang) aunt (colloquial term of address for an older woman)
 - (slang, by extension) colloquial term of adress for any female person
 -  (slang) a female clerk who performs a regular activity
- tia da limpeza - cleaning woman, janitor
 
 
Swedish
Etymology
From the number tio (“ten”)
Noun
tia c
- a number 10 (ten)
 -  a person or an object by context associated with the number ten, for instance in sports and other forms of competing
- a tenth place holder
 
 - a coin or banknote worth ten of a currency
 
Declension
| Inflection of tia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tia | tian | tior | tiorna | 
| Genitive | tias | tians | tiors | tiornas | 
See also
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiɜ˧˧]
 - (Huế) IPA(key): [tiɜ˧˧]
 - (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tiɜ˧˥]
 
Noun
tia