laia

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Estonian

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Noun

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laia

  1. genitive singular of laid

Galician

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Verb

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laia

  1. inflection of laiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Macanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese laia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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laia (plural laia-laia)

  1. kind, sort, type
    tudo laia; laia-laiaall kinds, all sorts
  2. manner, mode
    destunga laiathis way
    qui laia?how? (literally, “what way?”)

References

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ɐ/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.a/ [ˈlaɪ̯.a]

  • Rhymes: -ajɐ
  • Hyphenation: lai‧a

Noun

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laia f (plural laias)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) those who share the same moral traits or characteristics: ilk, variety, race, kind
    Não gosto de gente da sua laia.I don't like your kind.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Macanese: laia

Further reading

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /l̪a.ˈi.a/

Noun

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laia

  1. shellfish

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics