caia

Noun

caia f

1. quail

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“cut, hew”), whence also caedō (“I cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ja/

Noun

caia f (genitive caiae); first declension

1. A cudgel

Descendants

• Portuguese: cajado
• Spanish: alcayata (“meat hook, spike”) (via Hispano-Arabic الخَيَاطَة‏‎ (al-ḵayāṭa))

References

• caia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkajɐ/, /ˈkɐiɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɐ/
• Rhymes: -aja

Verb

caia

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cair
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cair
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cair
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cair
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of caiar
6. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of caiar