saia

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) long skirt (women's clothing)
2. (dated,feminine) robe

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,present,singular,subjunctive,third-person) inflection of saír:
2. (form-of,imperative,singular,third-person) inflection of saír:
3. (first-person,form-of,present,singular,subjunctive,third-person) inflection of sair:
4. (form-of,imperative,singular,third-person) inflection of sair:

Hyphenated as

sa‧ia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaja̝/

Etymology

13th century, but well attested since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin documents as saia. From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.