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ia.

they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

pron/ˈia̯/
  1. they / he / she / it (genderless third person pronoun)

    Ia mengajarkan muridnya di sekolah.
  2. it (used to refer to a non-human living thing)

    Burung bisa terbang karena ia mempunyai sayap.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Māori ia, Tagalog siya.

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