chía

See also: chia

Crow

Etymology 1

Adverb

chía

1. too (to an excessive degree)

Etymology 2

Verb

chía

1. (stative, intransitive) white

Derived terms

• chíahisshi
• chíashpita
• taláachia

References

• Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language‎, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 43

Galician

Verb

chía

1. inflection of chiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Muong

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciə⁶/

Verb

chía

1. (Mường Bi) to be pregnant

Derived terms

• chía puỗm
• plỗng chía

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Salvia hispanica

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl chiyan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃia/ [ˈt͡ʃi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: chí‧a

Noun

chía f (plural chías)

1. chia (edible seeds of Salvia hispanica)

Alternative forms

• chan (Central America)

Hyponyms

• Salvia chia, Salvia hispanica

Derived terms

• chiero

References

• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 41

Further reading

• “chía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10