qua
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin qua (“‘in the capacity of’”).
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[edit] Adverb
qua (not comparable)
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- 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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in the capacity of
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[edit] Dutch
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qua
[edit] Ido
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qua
[edit] Italian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /kwa/
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qua
- here (relatively close to the speaker)
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[edit] Latin
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qua
- as; in the capacity or character of
- in so far as
- ens qua ens ("being as being")
[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.
[edit] Suffix
qua (poj koaⁿ, traditional and simplified 官)
[edit] Usage notes
- Formerly added to names of hong merchants (i.e. "Powqua," "Chinqua").
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[edit] Vietnamese
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qua
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qua
[edit] Verb
qua

