"IA" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (-ien) occurring in the present must be pronounced as a dissyllable. The y-sound thus interposed between the i and e is frequently indicated by the letter g: lufie, or lufige; lufien, or lufigen. So also for ia: lufia, or lufiga; lufian, ...
— Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book - with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary • C. Alphonso Smith
... paltok' de nigro Bustian, duo cap'icia, una' pec' de rubio Wyrset, unam pec' de nigro Wyrset, una' pec' panni linei vocat' Westenale, quinq; pec' Aule pro camera & Aula, tres curtynis c[u] uno celuro de rubio Wyrset, quinq; mappas, duas pelves c[u] lavatorio & quatuor p'ia secular'." ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 • Various
... difficult for the unpractised eye to read inscriptions on brasses, owing to the contractions and omissions of letters. Thus m and n are often omitted, and a line is placed over the adjoining letter to indicate the omission. Thus aia stands for anima, legu for legum. The letter r is also left out. Z stands for que, and there are many other contractions, such as Dns for Dominus, Ds for Deus, Eps for Episcopus, gia for gratia, mia ...
— English Villages • P. H. Ditchfield
... of the Franciscan Juan de Torquemada's book, is as follows: Ia (-IIIa) Parte de los veynte y un libros rituales y monarchia Indiana con el origen y guerras de los Indios occidentales de sus poblacones, descubrimiento, conquista, conversion y otras cosas maravillosas de la misma tierra (Sevilla, 1615; in ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 • Francisco Colin
... adjective, related to the indefinite pronoun "iu", is "ia", of any kind, some kind of, a certain kind of, expressing indefinitely the quality of a ...
— A Complete Grammar of Esperanto • Ivy Kellerman
... of Hakau. His two aikane, Koi and Omakamau, had joined him, and resided at his court. Piimaiwaa of Hilo was his most valiant warrior. Ia ia ka mama kakaua—to him belonged the baton of war, a figurative expression denoting the general-in-chief. Pakaa was one of the favorites of Umi, and ...
— Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands • Charles Nordhoff |
