cria

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See also: CRIA and cría

English

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A female llama with her cria

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish cría (kid; pup; cria).

Noun

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cria (plural crias)

  1. A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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From criar (to raise).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cria f (plural cries)

  1. upbringing, raising
  2. offspring
  3. young (baby animal)
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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cria

  1. inflection of criar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish

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Verb

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cria

  1. to cry, to call
  2. to call, to name

French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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cria

  1. third-person singular past historic of crier

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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cria

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of criar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Gallurese

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Etymology

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Likely a borrowing from Sardinian cria (brooding; parturition; childbirth), deverbal from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (to lay eggs; to give birth).

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Noun

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cria f (plural crii)

  1. (collective) clutch, sitting (of eggs)
  2. (collective) litter (animals born in one birth)

References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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·crïa

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of crenaid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·crïa ·chrïa ·crïa
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: cri‧a

Etymology 1

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From criar (to rear; to raise).

Noun

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cria f (plural crias)

  1. young; offspring (a young animal, especially one that still depends on its mother)
  2. (familiar) kid; young'un (a person’s son or daughter)
  3. someone who is raised by a family but is not their biological child; a ward or an adoptee
  4. (agriculture) livestock (farm animals being raised)
    Synonym: criação

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cria

  1. inflection of criar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cria

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer

Sardinian

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Etymology

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Deverbal, from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (to lay an egg; to give birth).

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Noun

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cria f (plural crias)

  1. (Logudorese, Nuorese, Campidanese) brooding, incubating
  2. (Logudorese, transferred sense) parturition, labour (of animals, especially sheep)
  3. (Logudorese, transferred sense, humorous or derogatory) childbirth
    1. (with an adjective) family, lineage, descent
      de mala criabad-blooded, of bad blood (literally, “[coming] from a bad family”)

Descendants

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  • ? Gallurese: cria
  • ? Sassarese: crea

References

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  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cria f (plural crii)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of crea (clutch (of eggs); litter)

References

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  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾja/ [ˈkɾja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: cria

Verb

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cria

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of criar