vija
See also: вія
Albanian
Verb
vija
- first-person singular imperfect of vete
- first-person singular imperfect of vë
- first-person singular imperfect of vij
Livonian
Noun
vija
- obsolete spelling of vijā
References
- "vija" in Livische Grammatik nebst Sprachproben
- Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
Portuguese
Verb
vija
- inflection of viger:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
- inflection of vigir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From viti (“to twist”), from the practice of using crossed bundles of bent mature asparagus stalks to filter liquids. Recorded in Široki Brijeg and (unpublished) Ričice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋîja/
Noun
vȉja f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ја)
- mature asparagus
References
- Mabić, Franjo (2005), “Šparoga”, in Fratarska kuhinja u slici i riječi, Zagreb: Alfa, →ISBN
- “vȉja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025