tua

See also: túa

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

tua

1. two
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.

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French

Verb

tua

1. third-person singular past historic of tuer

Anagrams

• tau

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tua, from tuha, from Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.a/

Adjective

tua

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
2. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)

Derived terms

• kakatua (“pincers”)
• mertua (“parent in-law”)
• orang tua (“parent”)

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Irish

Alternative forms

• tuagh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish túag (“axe, hatchet”).

Noun

tua f (genitive singular tua or tuaighe, nominative plural tuanna)

1. axe; hatchet

Declension

Declension of tua

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tua tuanna Vocative a thua a thuanna Genitive tua tuanna Dative tua tuanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tua na tuanna Genitive na tua na dtuanna Dative leis an tua don tua leis na tuanna

• Alternative genitive singular: tuaighe (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Terms derived from tua

• tua búistéara (“pole-axe”)
• tua chatha, tua chogaidh (“battle-axe”)

• tua choille (“woodman's axe”)
• tua chonnaidh (“firewood chopper, hatchet”)

• tuadóir (“axe-man, hewer, chopper”)
• tua mhoirtíse (“mortise axe”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tua	thua	dtua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "tua" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 túag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ua

Adjective

la tua

1. (possessive) yours (second person, singular, feminine)

Pronoun

tua

1. (possessive) your (second person, singular, feminine)

Related terms

• tu
• tue
• tuoi
• tuo

Anagrams

• tau

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Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.a/, [ˈtʊ.a]

Adjective

tua

1. inflection of tuus:
   1. nominative and vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative and accusative and vocative plural neuter

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.aː/, [ˈtʊ.aː]

Adjective

tuā

1. ablative singular feminine of tuus

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Malay

Etymology

From tuha, from Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

Alternative forms

• tuha
• توا‏
• توها‏

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tuə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tua/
• Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə

Adjective

tua (Jawi spelling توا)

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
2. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)

Derived terms

• kakaktua / کاکقتوا‏
• mertua / مرتوا‏
• orang tua / اورڠ توا‏

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tua f

1. singular definite of tue
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by tue

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Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tua.

Adjective

tua

1. feminine singular of tou

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧a
• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ɐ/
• Rhymes: -uɐ

Pronoun

tua f sg

1. Feminine singular form of possessive teu.

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

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Swahili

Verb

tua

1. stop

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Tahitian

Noun

tua

1. back

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Tetum

Noun

tua

1. indigenous arrack
2. European wine made from grapes

Derived terms

• tua-uvas
• tuaka
• tua-aka
• tua-mutin