Asturian

Noun

tía f ‎(plural tíes)

1. aunt, feminine equivalent of tíu

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

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!

Synonyms

• titía

Related terms

• tío

Icelandic

Etymology

Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalizing 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiːja/

  Rhymes: -iːja

Noun

tía f ‎(genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur)

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

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

tía f ‎(plural tías, masculine tío)

1. feminine equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister of either parent

   Mi tía es la hermana de mi madre o de mi padre.

   My aunt is my mother's or father's sister.

2. (colloquial, Spain) woman

   ¡Tías buenas!

   Hot chicks!

Usage notes

The noun tío is like several other Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiɜ˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiɜ˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiɜ˦ˀ˥]

Etymology 1

Noun

tía ‎(紫)

1. (dialectal, Souther dialects) father; dad

Synonyms

• thầy
• bố
• ba
• cậu
• thầy
• bọ

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

tía

1. (dated) purple

Derived terms

• tía tô