English Explanatory Dictionary

nia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

particle
  1. Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.
name
  1. Initialism of New Indo-Aryan.
  2. Initialism of National Institute on Aging.
name
  1. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/njɑ(ː)˨/

Word forms

nia

Etymology

From Hokkien 爾／尔 (niā, “only”).

Synonyms

only

Related words

what lah1–14 lor2–3 lor1 ah6 leh1–2 mah leh3–6 one1–3 hor1 know only sia hor2 ah1–3 hah1–3 meh ba2 leh7–11 ba1 liao already Gupta A. F. (1992) in volume 18 number 1 →DOI
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