qua

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb 3 Ido 3.1 Pronoun 4 Italian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adverb 4.2.1 See also 5 Latin 5.1 Adverb 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Suffix 6.3.1 Usage notes 6.3.2 See also 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Preposition 7.2 Adjective 7.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin qua (“‘in the capacity of’”).

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• IPA: /kwɑː/

  Rhymes: -eɪ

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qua (not comparable)

1. In the capacity of.
   • 2003: It was qua poet that Byron resurrected the exploded and discarded immortal Christian soul by bodying it forth through the notion of soul conceived as poetic imagination. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 458)

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Adverb

qua

1. qua

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Pronoun

qua

1. who

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwa/

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qua

1. here (relatively close to the speaker)

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• là
• li
• qui

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[edit] Latin

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qua

1. as; in the capacity or character of
2. in so far as

   ens qua ens ("being as being")

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ kuã˥˥ ]

[edit] Etymology

The suffix has been used since around the 17th and 18th century. It is most likely an early attempt at Romanizing the Min Nan for 官 (POJ: koaⁿ) official. Since "hong" (行) merchants were technically officials of the lowest (9th) rank, the suffix "qua" was added to their names in honour of their positions in the Qing government.

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qua (poj koaⁿ, traditional and simplified 官)

1. official

[edit] Usage notes

• Formerly added to names of hong merchants (i.e. "Powqua," "Chinqua").

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• (Mandarin) 官 (guān)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Preposition

qua

1. through, across, by

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qua

1. last

[edit] Verb

qua

1. (intransitive) To be gone.
2. (intransitive) To cross.