saia

See also: Saia and saía

Estonian

Noun

saia

genitive/partitive/illative singular of sai

Galician

saias ("skirts")

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsaja̝/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ajɐ, -aja
Hyphenation: sa‧ia

Etymology 1

13th century, but well attested since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin documents as saia.^[1] From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.^[2]

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

long skirt (women's clothing)
Synonym: faldra
(dated) robe

Related terms

saio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

inflection of saír:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative
(reintegrationist norm) inflection of sair:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “saya”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. saia.
^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “saya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ja/
Rhymes: -aja
Hyphenation: sà‧ia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“cloak”).

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

twill

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”) (from a dialect in which q is pronounced as a glottal stop), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia.

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

(regional) a ditch or trench, especially in Sicily

Anagrams

Asia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.a/ [ˈsaɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/

Rhymes: -ajɐ
Hyphenation: sai‧a

Etymology 1

saia

From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos) (cloak); cognate with Galician saia and archaic Spanish saya.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

a woman's skirt

Derived terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: saia
→ Bengali: শায়া (śaẏa), সায়া (śaẏa)
→ Kadiwéu: jaye

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

inflection of sair:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

[1] Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. saia.

[2] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “saya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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