ria

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ria"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Riang.

Symbol

ria

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Reang.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Reang terms

English

Georges River ria

Etymology

From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from Galician ría, from Galician río, from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

ria (plural rias)

1. (geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley. [from 19th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 49:

     Flinders had advised Baudin to stop in Port Jackson (the ria of what is now Sydney) when in need of refreshment […] .

Translations

a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley

• Breton: aber (br) m or f
• Finnish: rias (fi)
• French: aber (fr) m, ria (fr) f
• Portuguese: ria (pt) f
• Spanish: ría (es) f

Anagrams

• Ira, IAR, IRA, air, 'air, AIR, Ari, rai, ARI, Rai, raï

Afra

Noun

ria

1. woman

References

• Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (2017), page 461

Bola

Pronoun

ria

1. third person plural

See also

Bola personal pronouns

Number	Person		Free	Subject proclitic	Object Suffix	Oblique
Singular	1st		iau	a	free pronoun	nau
	2nd		ioe	o		vomu
	3rd		ia	i	-a	vona
Dual	1st	Exclusive	maria	miri	free pronoun	ne + free pronoun
		Inclusive	tarua	tu
	2nd		marua	muru
	3rd		rua	ru
Paucal	1st	Exclusive	mateu	mete
		Inclusive	teu	te
	2nd		matou	moto
	3rd		tou	to
Plural	1st	Exclusive	mia	mi
		Inclusive	hita	si
	2nd		mua	mu
	3rd		ria	ri

Classical Gaelic

Pronoun

ria

1. third-person singular feminine of re

Contraction

ria

1. contraction of re (“to”) +‎ a, with various meanings

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto ri

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto ria

From ri + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈria/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ri‧a

Determiner

ria (accusative singular rian, plural riaj, accusative plural riajn)

1. (possessive, neologism, nonstandard) their (singular)

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi2	ilin iŝin2	ilia iŝia2
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ Rare.

² Not widely used.

Further reading

• “ria”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Etymology

From Galician.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Hérault)):

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Noun

ria f (plural rias)

1. ria

   Synonym: aber

Further reading

• “ria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Verb

ria

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈria/ [ˈri.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ri‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ria (“happy”).

Adjective

ria (comparative lebih ria, superlative paling ria)

1. cheerful, glad, happy, merry
2. loud, noisy (of voices of people enjoying themselves).
3. for fun, for enjoyment.

Synonyms

• gembira
• ramai
• riang
• sukacita

Derived terms

• beria
• beria-ria
• keriaan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay ria (“arrogance, jealous, pride”), from Arabic [Term?].

Adjective

ria (comparative lebih ria, superlative paling ria)

1. arrogant, haughty

   Synonyms: congkak, sombong

2. proud

   Synonym: bangga

Further reading

• “ria”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Pronoun

ria (emphatic riasa)

1. (obsolete) third-person singular feminine of re

Contraction

ria

1. (obsolete) contraction of re (“to”) +‎ a, with various meanings

   ‘to his’ (triggers lenition): ria dheartháir ― to his brother

   ‘to her’ (triggers h-prothesis): ria hathair ― to her father

   ‘to their’ (triggers eclipsis): ria ndeartháir ― to their brother

Italian

Adjective

ria f

1. feminine singular of rio

Anagrams

• -ari, -irà, Ari, RAI, Rai, ari, ira, rai

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ria/
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [riə], [rʲə]

Adjective

ria (Jawi spelling ريا, comparative lebih ria, superlative paling ria)

1. happy

Synonyms

• gembira
• girang
• riang
• sukacita

Further reading

• "ria" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "ria" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rien (masculine definite singular)

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.a/
• Rhymes: -iːa
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Noun

ria

1. feminine definite singular of ri (“bout, fit; contraction; spell of time”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈhi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/ [ˈχi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ri‧a

Etymology 1

Alteration of rio (“river”), or borrowed from Spanish ría.

Noun

ria f (plural rias)

1. (hydrography) ria (rugged coastal inlet)
2. (hydrography) branch; inlet (body of water extending from or flowing into a larger one)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ria

1. inflection of rir:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from Finnish riihi (“kiln, grain drying cabin”).

Noun

ria c

1. a dryer, a kiln to dry corn; a traditional Finnish/Scandinavian wooden building used for indoor drying of corn

Declension

Declension of ria

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ria	rias
	definite	rian	rians
plural	indefinite	rior	riors
	definite	riorna	riornas

Verb

ria (present riar, preterite riade, supine riat, imperative ria)

1. to dry corn in a kiln

   Den finska rågen stod högt i anseende till utsäde, beroende på att den fick stå ute att eftermogna i skyl, innan den riades, under det att den svenska vanligen riades omedelbart efter skärningen.

   The Finnish rye was highly regarded as seedcorn because it was left outdoors to ripen in ricks before being taken to be dried, while the Swedish rye was usually dried immediately after harvest.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ria (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	ria		rias
supine	riat		riats
imperative	ria		—
imper. plural1	rien		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	riar	riade	rias	riades
ind. plural1	ria	riade	rias	riades
subjunctive2	rie	riade	ries	riades
present participle		riande
past participle		riad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi.a]

Verb

ria

1. (transitive) to admonish

Conjugation

Conjugation of ria

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toria	foria	miria
2nd person		noria	niria
3rd person	masculine	oria	iria yoria (archaic)
	feminine	moria
	neuter	iria

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐiə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹiə˧˧]

Noun

ria • (挗, 髭, 𣭯, 𩮭) (classifier bộ)

1. a mustache

   Synonym: ria mép

See also

• râu

Woi

Noun

ria

1. blood

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾī.ā/

Pronoun

ria

1. (Ekiti, Ijesha) our, ours, us

   Synonym: tìwa