aua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aua"

Languages (20)

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Translingual

Symbol

aua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Asumboa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Asumboa terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori aua.

Noun

aua (plural aua)

1. (New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.
   • 1855, Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants, page 133:

     When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for the aua are open.

   • 1872, Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Sir James Hector, Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species:

     The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is the Aua preserved by smoking.

Anagrams

• A.A.U., AAU

Annobonese

Etymology

From Portuguese água (“water”).

Noun

aua

1. water
   • 1957, Rvd. P. Natalio Barrena, Gramatica Annobonesa, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, page 43:

     bo da mi ja d’ aua;

     give me some water;

Aromanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈwa]

Adverb

aua

1. alternative form of aoa

Chuukese

Pronoun

aua

1. we (exclusive)

Adjective

aua

1. we are (exclusive)

Related terms

			present and past tense	negative tense	future	negative future	distant future	negative determinate
singular	first person		ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	second person		ka ke	kose kese	kopwe kepwe	kosap kesap	kopwap kepwap	kote kete
	third person		a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
plural	first person	exclusive	aua	ause	aupwe	ausap	aupwap	aute
		inclusive	sia	sise	sipwe	sisap	sipwap	site
	second person		oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	third person		ra re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Fijian

Alternative forms

• auwa

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

aua

1. hour (time period of sixty minutes)

   Holonyms: siga < macawa < vula < yabaki

   Meronyms: sekodi < miniti

   E taura rauta ni tini na auwa me draiva wavoliti Viti Levu.

   It takes about ten hours to drive around [the island of] Viti Levu.

Derived terms

• veiaua kece (“hourly, every hour”)
• veimama na aua (“half an hour, half-hour”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “aua”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 10

Gabadi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.u.a/

Noun

aua

1. father; a male parent

   Aua’una ― my father

   Auamuna ― your father

   Auanana ― his/her father

   Aua’una mai kadi’una osida gegana robana. ― My father and my small brother went to the garden.

Declension

inflection of stem aua

	singular	plural
nominative stem + -na/-da	auana	auada
locative + instrumental stem + -nai/-dai	auanai	auadai
inalienable possessive forms
1st person singular possessive (my)	aua’una	—
2nd person singular possessive (your)	auamuna	—
3rd person singular possessive (his/her/its)	auanana	—
1st person plural inclusive possessive (our)	auagana	—
1st person plural exclusive possessive (our)	auamaina	—
2nd person plural possessive (your)	auamuna	—
3rd person plural possessive (their)	auadada	—

References

• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created November 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [2].
  • Example 82, p.33 (example "Aua’una")

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Interjection

aua

1. ouch, ow (expression of one's own physical pain)

Synonyms

• autsch, au

Further reading

• “aua” in Duden online
• “aua”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Gilbertese

Numeral

aua

1. four

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• awa (Súlat Wáwâ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈwa/ [əˈwa]
• Hyphenation: a‧ua

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhaw (compare Tagalog uhaw, Cebuano uhaw, Hiligaynon uhaw, Tausug uhaw, Waray-Waray uhaw), from Proto-Austronesian *quSaw.

Noun

áua

1. thirst
2. (figurative) craving; strong desire (for something)

   Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

Adjective

áua

1. thirsty

   Synonyms: maua, kaua

2. lacking moisture; dry (as of soil)

   Synonyms: tigang, langi

3. (figurative) having a craving or strong desire (for something)

   Synonyms: bisa, maibug, kasabikan

Derived terms

• kakaua
• kumaua
• mikaua

Etymology 2

Interjection

áua

1. alternative form of ua

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaua/ [ˈɐʉɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

Noun

aua

1. yellow-eye mullet, (Aldrichetta forsteri)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“negative imperative”).

Particle

aua

1. Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

   Synonym: kaua

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “aua”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Minangkabau

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ.

Noun

aua

1. a type of bamboo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the interjection au!.

Alternative forms

• aue (e and split infinitives)

Verb

aua (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aua/au)

1. (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

Etymology 2

Noun

aua n (plural aua)

1. eye dialect spelling of auga

References

• “aua” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• ała

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ua

Interjection

aua

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

   Synonyms: au, auć

Further reading

• “aua”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua (“a kind of mullet”).

Noun

aua

1. silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Romansh

Alternative forms

• ava (Surmiran)
• ova (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

aua f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) water

Derived terms

• aua da baiver, aua da beiber, aua da bever
• aua minerala
• aua da spina, aua da tgiern, aua da la spegna

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-aua (infinitive kuaua)

1. to survey, inspect, examine, trace out

Conjugation

Conjugation of -aua
Positive present -naaua Subjunctive -aue Negative -aui Imperative singular aua
Infinitives
Positive kuaua Negative kutoaua
Imperatives
Singular aua Plural aueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaua Positive past positive subject concord + -liaua Negative past negative subject concord + -kuaua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naaua) Singular Plural 1st person ninaaua/naaua tunaaua 2nd person unaaua mnaaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaua wanaaua other classes positive subject concord + -naaua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -aui) Singular Plural 1st person siaui hatuaui 2nd person huaui hamwaui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haaui hawaaui other classes negative subject concord + -aui
Positive future positive subject concord + -taaua Negative future negative subject concord + -taaua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -aue) Singular Plural 1st person niaue tuaue 2nd person uaue mwaue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaue waaue other classes positive subject concord + -aue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siaue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeaua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeaua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliaua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliaua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aaua) Singular Plural 1st person naaua twaaua 2nd person waaua mwaaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaua waaua m-mi(III/IV) waaua yaaua ji-ma(V/VI) laaua yaaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaua vyaaua n(IX/X) yaaua zaaua u(XI) waaua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaaua pa(XVI) paaua mu(XVIII) mwaaua
Perfect positive subject concord + -meaua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaaua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaaua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiaua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoaua Consecutive kaaua / positive subject concord + -kaaua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaaue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niaua -tuaua 2nd person -kuaua -waaua/-kuaueni/-waaueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaua -waaua m-mi(III/IV) -uaua -iaua ji-ma(V/VI) -liaua -yaaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaua -viaua n(IX/X) -iaua -ziaua u(XI) -uaua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuaua pa(XVI) -paaua mu(XVIII) -muaua Reflexive -jiaua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -aua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -auaye -auao m-mi(III/IV) -auao -auayo ji-ma(V/VI) -aualo -auayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -auacho -auavyo n(IX/X) -auayo -auazo u(XI) -auao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -auako pa(XVI) -auapo mu(XVIII) -auamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -aua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeaua -oaua m-mi(III/IV) -oaua -yoaua ji-ma(V/VI) -loaua -yoaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaua -vyoaua n(IX/X) -yoaua -zoaua u(XI) -oaua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koaua pa(XVI) -poaua mu(XVIII) -moaua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -ausha, -auza
  • Passive: -auliwa

Tagalog

Noun

aua (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

1. obsolete spelling of awa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hour. Cognate with Bislama and Pijin aoa.

Noun

aua

1. hour

Usage notes

Also used to mark the counting of time. See kilok.

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 5

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ˈu.a]
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧a

Etymology 1

Te aua (1).

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Māori aua and Samoan aua.

Noun

aua

1. silvery mullet (Mugil curema)

Derived terms

• auā

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Māori aua, Samoan 'aua and Tongan ʻoua.

Particle

aua

1. Negative imperative particle: no! don't!

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 3