paia

See also: paiâ and païa

Ese

Noun

paia

  1. pocketknife

Italian

Noun

paia f

  1. plural of paio

Verb

paia

  1. first-person second-person third-person singular present subjunctive of parere

Portuguese

Etymology

Adjective

paia m or f (plural paias, comparable)

  1. (Brazil, Brasília, South Brazil, slang) boring, uninteresting, monotonous
  2. (Brazil, Brasília, South Brazil, slang) of bad quality; inefficient

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English fire, from Middle English fier, from Old English fȳr, a regularised form of *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

paia

  1. fire; flame
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:24:
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  2. anger
  3. lightning
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Verb

paia

  1. To burn
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