baia

See also: Baia and baía

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French baie, from Latin bāca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈba.ja]

Noun

baia f (plural baies)

1. berry (small fruit)

Further reading

• “baia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “baia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “baia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “baia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaia/

Noun

baia

1. Alternative form of bahaia

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
• Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: bà‧ia

Etymology 1

Deverbal from an obsolete verb baiare.

Noun

baia f (plural baie) (uncommon)

1. mockery, teasing

   Synonyms: beffa, canzonatura, presa in giro

2. trifle, whiffle, bagatelle

   Synonyms: bagattella, inezia

Descendants

• → Spanish: vaya
  • → Portuguese: vaia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French baille, from Late Latin baiula [​aquae​] (“carrier [of water]”), from a feminine form of Latin baiulus (“carrier, porter”).

Noun

baia f (plural baie)

1. a washtub for clothes, formerly used on ships

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French baie, of uncertain origin.

Noun

baia f (plural baie)

1. (geography) bay (body of water)

   Synonyms: cala, golfo, insenatura

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

baia

1. feminine singular of baio

Further reading

• baia¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• baia² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• baia³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Abia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu ribaia (“board”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ɐ/ [ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ɐ/ [ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.a/ [ˈbaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: bai‧a

Noun

baia f (plural baias)

1. a bail in a horse stall
2. a horse stall (compartment for a horses)

   Synonym: box

3. (by extension) cubicle (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaja]

Noun

baia f

1. definite nominative singular of baie: the bathroom
2. definite accusative singular of baie: the bathroom