baia

Borrowed from French baie, from Latin bāca.

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

baia f (plural baies)

1. berry (small fruit)

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /βaia/

baia

1. Alternative form of bahaia

• 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.

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

Deverbal from an obsolete verb baiare.

baia f (plural baie) (uncommon)

1. mockery, teasing

   Synonyms: beffa, canzonatura, presa in giro

2. trifle, whiffle, bagatelle

   Synonyms: bagattella, inezia

• → Spanish: vaya
  • → Portuguese: vaia

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

baia f (plural baie)

1. a washtub for clothes, formerly used on ships

Borrowed from French baie, of uncertain origin.

baia f (plural baie)

1. (geography) bay (body of water)

   Synonyms: cala, golfo, insenatura

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baia

1. feminine singular of baio

• 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

• Abia

Borrowed from Kimbundu ribaia (“board”).[1][2][3][4]

• Hyphenation: bai‧a

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)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaja]

baia f

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