tiya

• IPA^(key): /ˈtija/ [ˈtɪjʌ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ya

tíya m

1. anything, something (referring to a masculine subject)

• IPA^(key): /tiˈja/ [tɪˈjʌ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ya

tiyá f

1. anything, something (referring to a feminine subject)

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 200

Borrowed from Portuguese tia. Compare Saramaccan tia.

tiya

1. aunt

   Synonym: tanto

• tiyu (“uncle”)

• tiya in Languages of Suriname, SIL International, 2003-2007, Aukan-English Dictionary

Borrowed from Spanish tía.

• Hyphenation: ti‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈtija/ [ˈti.ja]

tíya (masculine tiyo)

1. aunt (the sister of either parent)

   Synonyms: tita, inaon

Borrowed from Spanish tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

• Hyphenation: ti‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈtija/ [ˈt̪i.jɐ]

tiya (masculine tiyo)

1. an aunt; the sister of either parent
2. a female cousin of either parent
3. an affectionate or honorific term for a woman of an older generation than oneself

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tiya.

• iyaan, tita

• tia

Borrowed from Spanish tía, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪iː.ɐ], /tiˈa/ [ˈt͡ʃa]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /tiˈa/ [ˈt̪ja]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Syllabification: ti‧ya

tiya or tiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌ)

1. female equivalent of tiyo: aunt

   Synonyms: tita, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, inain, (slang) tsang

2. female equivalent of tiyo: stepmother

   Synonyms: inang-panguman, inain, madrastra, tiyahin, tiyang, ale

• ale

• “tiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• itay

Borrowed from Spanish tía (“aunt”).

tiya

1. aunt