sua

See also: SUA, súa, suâ, süä, sủa, sửa, and sữa

Balinese

Romanization

sua

1. Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯ
2. Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsu.a]

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sua

1. (archaic, Northern, Alghero)
   1. feminine singular of seu
   2. feminine singular of sou

Etymology 2

Verb

sua

1. inflection of suar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Pronoun

sua

1. (colloquial) partitive singular of sä

   Synonym: sinua

Anagrams

• U.S.A., USA, asu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥa/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

sua

1. third-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

• usa

Galician

Verb

sua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of suar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

Verb

sua

1. to bite (of an animal)

Guaraní

Numeral

sua

1. million

Derived terms

• suaha

 

Ido

Etymology

From su +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sua/

Determiner

sua (plural sui)

1. his, hers, its, their

   Il amas sua patrino. ― He loves his mother.

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

• suna, su

Pronoun

sua (Kobuk)

1. what

   Sua pisukpiuŋ? ― What do you want?

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: sù‧a

Pronoun

sua

1. feminine singular of suo

Determiner

sua

1. feminine singular of suo

Anagrams

• Usa, usa

Latin

Pronunciation

• sua: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/, [ˈs̠uä]
• sua: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/, [ˈsuːä]
• suā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.aː/, [ˈs̠uäː]
• suā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/, [ˈsuːä]

Pronoun

sua

1. inflection of suus:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative plural neuter

Pronoun

suā

1. ablative singular feminine of suus

References

• sua in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Macanese

Alternative forms

• (more common) sa

Etymology

From Portuguese sua (“her, belonging to her”), feminine form of seu. Semantically derived from Cantonese 嘅 (ge³, “possessive marker”).

Particle

sua

1. Alternative form of sa: possessive particle

Usage notes

• According to native speakers, sa is more commonly used than sua.
• The particle is not inflected for gender.

Related terms

• su

See also

Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Possessive	Plural	Possessive	Reflexive	Possessive
First	iou, io, mi*, ieu*	iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua#	nôs, nosôtro*	nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua#	onçóm	su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second	vôs	vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua#	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third	êle, êla*	êle-sa, su, êle-sua#	ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sua f

1. definite singular of su

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sua.

Adjective

sua

1. feminine singular of sou

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sa (atonic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/, [ˈs̺u.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

Pronoun

sua

1. feminine singular of seu; her

Descendants

• Galician: súa
• Portuguese: sua

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "sua"

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• swa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Dutch zwager (“brother-in-law”).

Noun

sua

1. friend, pal, comrade
2. brother-in-law

Plautdietsch

Adjective

sua

1. sour

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: su‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sua, from Latin sua. Cognate with Galician súa.

Pronoun

sua

2. Feminine singular form of possessive seu.
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 294:

     [...] o único professor presente quando entraram [na sala de aula] era Binns, [...] preparando-se para continuar sua monótona lengalenga sobre a guerra dos gigantes.

     [...] the only present teacher when they entered [the classroom] was Binns, [...] preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 436:

     Você pode usar sua varinha para tentar me desarmar, ou para se defender de qualquer outra maneira que consiga pensar.

     You may use your wand to try to disarm me, or to defend yourself in any other way that you can think of.

4. feminine singular of seu
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 163:

     Conserte isso, sua imprestável, conserte isso!

     Fix that, you worthless person, fix that!

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seu.

See also

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	meu	minha	meus	minhas
		Second person	teu	tua	teus	tuas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
	Plural	First person	nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
		Second person	vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sua

2. inflection of suar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:suar.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• suga (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• suja (Sutsilvan)
• soua (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca. Compare Friulian soe, Venetian soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Spanish and Portuguese soga.

Noun

sua f (plural suas)

1. (Puter, Vallader) rope

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Verb

-sua (infinitive kusua)

1. to spit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sua
Positive present -nasua Subjunctive -sue Negative -sui Imperative singular sua
Infinitives
Positive kusua Negative kutosua
Imperatives
Singular sua Plural sueni
Tensed forms
Habitual husua Positive past positive subject concord + -lisua Negative past negative subject concord + -kusua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasua) Singular Plural 1st person ninasua/nasua tunasua 2nd person unasua mnasua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasua wanasua other classes positive subject concord + -nasua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sui) Singular Plural 1st person sisui hatusui 2nd person husui hamsui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasui hawasui other classes negative subject concord + -sui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasua Negative future negative subject concord + -tasua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sue) Singular Plural 1st person nisue tusue 2nd person usue msue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asue wasue other classes positive subject concord + -sue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asua) Singular Plural 1st person nasua twasua 2nd person wasua mwasua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asua wasua m-mi(III/IV) wasua yasua ji-ma(V/VI) lasua yasua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasua vyasua n(IX/X) yasua zasua u(XI) wasua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasua pa(XVI) pasua mu(XVIII) mwasua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisua "If not" positive subject concord + -siposua Consecutive kasua / positive subject concord + -kasua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisua -tusua 2nd person -kusua -wasua/-kusueni/-wasueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msua -wasua m-mi(III/IV) -usua -isua ji-ma(V/VI) -lisua -yasua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisua -visua n(IX/X) -isua -zisua u(XI) -usua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusua pa(XVI) -pasua mu(XVIII) -musua Reflexive -jisua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -suaye -suao m-mi(III/IV) -suao -suayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sualo -suayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -suacho -suavyo n(IX/X) -suayo -suazo u(XI) -suao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -suako pa(XVI) -suapo mu(XVIII) -suamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesua -osua m-mi(III/IV) -osua -yosua ji-ma(V/VI) -losua -yosua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosua -vyosua n(IX/X) -yosua -zosua u(XI) -osua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosua pa(XVI) -posua mu(XVIII) -mosua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.a]

Verb

sua

1. (transitive) to comb hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of sua
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosua	fosua	misua
2nd	nosua	nisua
3rd	Masculine	osua	isua, yosua†
Feminine	mosua
Neuter	isua
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English sore.

Noun

sua

1. sore; wound

Etymology 2

From English shore.

Noun

sua

1. shore