cua

See also: Cua, CUA, của, cưa, cửa, cu-a, and cúa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda, early monophthongized variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa, French queue, Spanish cola.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.a/

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Noun

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail
2. queue, (line)
3. ponytail

Derived terms

• capicua
• cua de cavall
• cua de ventall
• cua-roig
• cuaample
• cuablau
• cuacurt
• cuaespinós
• cuafí
• cuaforcat
• cuallarg
• cuat
• cuejar
• cuereta
• cueta

 

Further reading

• “cua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• qua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

Verb

cua

1. (transitive) To eat.

Derived terms

• tlacualli

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• cova

Etymology

From Latin coda.

Noun

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier con) cua • (𧍏, 𧍆, 姑, 𩸰)

1. (zoology) a crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura)

Derived terms

• càng cua
• cầy móc cua
• chắc như cua gạch
• cua bấy
• cua bể
• cua biển
• cua bò
• cua dẽ
• cua dừa
• cua đá
• cua đồng
• cua gạch
• cua kí cư
• cua nước
• cua óp
• cua thịt
• đầu cua tai nheo
• đồng mắt cua
• nói ngang như cua

 

See also

• dã tràng (“sand-bubbler crab”); ghẹ (“swimming crab”); cúm (“Calappa”)
• càng (“pincer”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French courtiser or French cour.

Verb

cua

1. (Southern Vietnam, slang) to take out a girl

   Synonym: cưa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French cours.

Noun

cua

1. (dated, informal) corner, curve, bend (point where a route changes sharply)

   Xe chạy qua cua. ― The car rounded a corner.

2. (informal) period, term, round (period of time required to complete a task)

   theo học một cua ngoại ngữ ― to study a foreign language for a term

   Học mỗi cua ba tháng. ― Each term of study is three months.

Adjective

cua

1. (informal) having a buzzcut, crewcut

   đầu húi cua ― a buzzcut haircut

References

• "cua" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)