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Apalaí

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Etymology

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From Portuguese chá, from Cantonese 茶 (caa4, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Noun

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xa

  1. tea

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xa m (plural xas)

  1. shah (a king of Persia or Iran)

Further reading

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Cocopa

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Noun

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xa

  1. water

References

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  • James Mack Crawford, Cocopa Dictionary (1989)

Deg Xinag

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣eˑ.

Noun

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xa

  1. grease
  2. oil

References

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Eastern Pomo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Pomo *ʔahqʰá (“water”).

Noun

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xa

  1. water

References

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  • Sally McLendon, A grammar of Eastern Pomo (1975)

Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃa/ [ˈʃa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: xa

Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ja, from Latin iam.

    Adverb

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    xa

    1. already

    Conjunction

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    xa

    1. sometimes … sometimes
      Synonym: ora
      Xa ri, xa chora. ― Sometimes they laugh, other times they cry.

    Etymology 2

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    From and older *jãa, from Latin Diāna. Cognate with Asturian xana, Old French gene, Romanian zână.

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    xa f (plural xas)

    1. (folklore) ghost, phantom
    2. (folklore) fairy
      • 1886, M. Nunez González, O muíño dos tíos Mariquiñas:
        un térmeno medio entre os trasnos e as almas en pena; pero que participaban un pouco máis desta última condición, sólo que eran moi pacífecas, pois nunca se soubo que se metesen con nadie non metendose primeiro con elas. A estas pantasmas chamabanlle xás; abundaban como as moscas no mes da Agosto, e eran pola súa bondá, pouco temidas dos labregos.
        ... a middle term in between elves and banshees, but a little closer to the latter ones and more peaceful, since they never messed with nobody if not disturbed first. These ghosts were called xas; they abounded as flies in August, and, because of they good temper, they were little feared by the peasants.

    Etymology 3

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    Ultimately from Persian شاه (šâh).

    Noun

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    xa m (plural xas)

    1. shah (title of Persian kings)

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    Gun

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    Noun

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    xà (Benin)

    1. basket

    Paipai

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    Noun

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    xa

    1. water

    Somali

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    Noun

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    xa ?

    1. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.

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    Tagalog

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    Pronunciation

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    Pronoun

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    xa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ) (text messaging, Internet slang)

    1. alternative form of siya

    Tày

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Tai *kraᴬ (“to seek”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩣ, Lao ຫາ (hā), Lü ᦠᦱ (ḣaa), Tai Dam ꪬꪱ, Shan ႁႃ (hǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā) or 𑜁𑜞𑜠 (khra), Zhuang ra, Saek หร่า, Thai หา (hǎa).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    xa (Nôm form 賒,車,俥)

    1. to search, look for
      xa pi̱ noọng ― to search for brothers
      xa fừn ― to gather firewood
      xa chèn ― to earn money
    2. to want
      Mầư xa thai lỏ?
      You wanna die?

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    References

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    • Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006), Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
    • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
    • Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

    Tipai

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    Noun

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    xa

    1. (Jamul) water

    References

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    • Amy Miller, A Grammar of Jamul Tipay

    Venda

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    Verb

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    xa

    1. to dry up

    Vietnamese

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Sino-Vietnamese word from 賒.

      Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𬚞 (modern SV: khả da), 可賒 (MC khaX syae) (modern SV: khả xa) and 可車 (MC khaX tsyhae) (modern SV: khả xa).

      Displaced native ngái in the major dialects.

      Adjective

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      xa

      1. far
        Synonym: ngái
        Antonym: gần
        rất gần rất xa ― so close, (yet) so far [song name]
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      Etymology 2

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        Sino-Vietnamese word from 車. Compare hè and hạ, chè and trà.

        Noun

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        xa (classifier con, quân)

        1. (xiangqi, chess) rare form of xe

        Romanization

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        xa

        1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 車
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        See also
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        Xiangqi pieces in Vietnamese quân cờ tướng (layout · text)
        tướng, soái sĩ tượng, tịnh mã xe, xa pháo tốt, chốt
        Chess pieces in Vietnamese · quân cờ vua (layout · text)
        ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
        vua hậu xe, xa tượng, tịnh mã tốt, chốt

        Etymology 3

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          Sino-Vietnamese word from 奢.

          Adjective

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          xa

          1. (only in compounds) extravagant, wasteful
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          Etymology 4

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          Combining form

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          xa

          1. reduplicant of xót, only used in xót xa

          Xhosa

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          Pronunciation

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          Conjunction

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          xá

          1. when, if [with participial]