nia

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Singapore/njɑ(ː)˨/

particle

Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.

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Meanings

nia1

particle
  1. SinglishOnly, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.

    Don’t so kiam siap can anot? That one only $3 nia.

    Come on, don’t be so stingy. That’s only $3.

    Synonyms: only

NIA2

proper noun
  1. Indo Aryan linguisticsabbreviationinitialismInitialism of New Indo-Aryan.
  2. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Institute on Aging.

Nia3

proper noun
  1. A female given name.

    Malika Harris places a candle down for her sister Nia Wilson at a makeshift memorial outside the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit station, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Oakland.

    2018 July 27, Dakin Andone, Dan Simon, “Officials still don’t know why a white man allegedly stabbed a black woman to death in a subway station”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

particleOnly, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.

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Origin

nia · particle

From Hokkien 爾/尔 (niā, “only”).

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Cite this entry
APA

nia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nia

MLA

“nia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nia.

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