raia

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) stripe (long, straight region of a single colour)
2. (feminine) border (line separating regions)
3. (feminine) em dash (—)
4. (feminine) ray (fish)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of raer:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of raer:
3. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of raiar:
4. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of raiar:

raer

1. (transitive) to scrape, skim, shave
2. to scythe
3. to flatten, raze; to lay bare
4. (impersonal) to clear up

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raiar

1. to light up; to illuminate; to shine
2. (intransitive) to dawn; to break the day

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin: radius

Cognate with Portuguese: raia

Cognate with Spanish: raya

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], probably the feminine of raio, or from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius; cf. also the verb raiar. Compare Portuguese raia, Spanish raya.