'ua

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South Marquesan

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South Marquesan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 'ua

Etymology

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From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

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'ua

  1. two

Tahitian

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Particle

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'ua

  1. indicates the perfective aspect; shows that the verb following it happened in the past