ua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ua"

Languages (27)

Translingual

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Bukiyip • Chuukese • Fijian • French • Garo • Gilbertese • Green Hmong • Hawaiian • Irish • Kapampangan • Māori • Megleno-Romanian • Mirandese • Niuean • Rapa Nui • Samoan • Sardinian • Sundanese • Swahili • Tahitian • Ternate • Tongan • Uneapa • Venetan • Waigeo • White Hmong

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Translingual

Symbol

ua

1. BIPM recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical unit

Synonyms

• au (IAU recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical units)
• ㍳ (Unicode glyph for astronomical unit)

Bukiyip

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uwa]

Pronoun

ua

1. nothing

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Chuukese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/

Pronoun

ua

1. I

Adjective

ua

1. I am
2. I was

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.a/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ua

1. wave (moving ridge on water)

   E lailai na ua nikua.

   The waves are small today.

2. tide (periodic change of water level)

   Sa lo na ua.

   It's slack tide (quiet period before tidal change).

   E ua levu.

   It's high tide.

Derived terms

• kakua ni qalova uaua na moka (“don't attempt something before you're ready”, literally “don't swim with the tide through the stone fence”) (idiom)
• qalova uaua (“swim with the tide/waves/current”)
• ua lokaloka, ualoka, ualokaloka (“tidal wave, tsunami”)
• ualagani (“swell (of the sea)”)
• ualuvu (“flood”)
• uaua (“choppy, rough (sea)”)
• vakadavo-ua (“to surf”)
• vakatoka ua (“to ride the waves, to surf”)
• vakaua (“moderate (sea)”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Pacific *ua, from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *huʀaC.

Noun

ua

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel)

   Sa bulabula na ua ni liga-na.

   The veins on his/her arm are prominent.

2. (anatomy) muscle, sinew

Derived terms

• ua dradra, uadradra (“varicose veins”)
• uasala (“varicose veins”)
• uauana (“having prominent, bulging veins”)

Etymology 3

Verb

ua (transitive uaca)

1. to beat with a stick (clothes in washing, mash for pudding, pandanus for weaving)

   Era ua isulu e na bati ni uciwai.

   They're beating clothes at the riverside.

Derived terms

• iua (“paddle, stick for beating laundry”)
• iuaua (“drumsticks”)
• uaraka (“to beat forcefully”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “ua”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[4], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 281

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.a/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

ua m (invariable)

1. abbreviation of unité astronomique

Anagrams

• au

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

ua(combining form: u-, plural uarang)

1. that, it

Declension

Garo determiners

case	proximal		distal
	singular “this”	plural “these”	singular “that”	plural “those”
nominative	ia	iarang	ua	uarang
accusative	iako	iarangko	uako	uarangko
dative	iana	iarangna	uana	uarangna
genitive	iani	iarangni	uani	uarangni
instrumental	iachi	iarangchi	uachi	uarangchi
locative	iano	iarango	uano	uarango
augmenting locative	ianoni, ianona, iachini, iachina, ianoniko, iachiniko	iarangoni, iarangona, iarangchini, iarangchina, iarangoniko, iarangchiniko	uanoni, uanona, uachini, uachina, uanoniko, uachiniko	uarangoni, uarangona, uarangchini, uarangchina, uarangoniko, uarangchiniko

Gilbertese

Gilbertese numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ua

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈa/

Numeral

ua

1. two

References

• Bingham, Hiram; Sabatier, Father Ernest with Luomala, Goo, and Banner (1978–), “ua”, in Trussel, Stephen, Groves, Gordon W., compilers, A Combined Kiribati–English Online Dictionary‎^[5]

Green Hmong

Etymology

From either Mandarin 做 (zuò) ("to do", "to perform") or Mandarin 作 ("to do", "to perform"), both have identical meanings, with the loss of the consonant due to sound simplification over time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu̯ə˧/

Verb

ua

1. to do
2. to make
3. to proceed
4. to become

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.a/, [ˈu.wə]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

ua

1. used before a verb to denote completed action

   Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.

   The cat ate the mouse.

   • 1840, October 8th, 1840 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom

     Ua hana mai ke Akua i nā lāhui kānaka a pau i ke koko hoʻokahi, e noho like lākou ma ka honua nei me ke kuʻikahi, a me ka pōmaikaʻi. Ua hāʻawi mai nō ke Akua i kekahi mau waiwai like, no nā kānaka a pau, me nā aliʻi a pau o nā ʻāina a pau loa.

     God hath made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on the face of the earth in unity and blessedness. God has also bestowed certain rights alike on all men, and all chiefs and all people of all lands.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian *quha (compare with Māori ua, Tahitian ua, Samoan ua, Tongan ʻuha), from Proto-Oceanic *qusan (compare with Fijian uca), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan (compare with Malay hujan, Tagalog ulan), from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Verb

ua

1. (intransitive) to rain

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

ua

1. the aforementioned

Irish

Alternative forms

• ó (current)

Etymology

From Old Irish aue.

Noun

ua m (genitive singular ua, nominative plural uaí)

1. archaic form of ó (“grandson, grandchild; descendant”)

Declension

Declension of ua (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ua uaí vocative a ua a uaí genitive ua uaí dative ua uaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-ua na huaí genitive an ua na n-uaí dative leis an ua don ua leis na huaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ua

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ua	n-ua	hua	t-ua

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “ua”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[6], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ua”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 768

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• awa, uwa, wa (Súlat Wáwâ)
• aua

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *au. Compare Atayal au, Kankanaey aw, Malay au.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa/ [ˈwa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈwa/ [ˈuːə]
• Hyphenation: ua, u‧a

Interjection

ua or úa

1. yes

   Synonyms: o, pu, opu, wapu

   Antonym: ali

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈua/ [ˈʉɐ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha (compare with Tahitian ua, Samoan ua and Tongan ʻuha) from Proto-Oceanic *qusan (compare with Fijian uca)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan (compare with Malay hujan, Tagalog ulan).

Noun

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Derived terms

• uawhatu

Verb

ua (passive uaina)

1. to rain

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat (compare with Malay urat, Javanese otot, Tagalog ugát).

Noun

ua (plural uaua)

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel)

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, page 545
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ua”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• u̯a

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ad hac, from Latin ad + hac. Compare Aromanian aoa.

Adverb

ua

1. here

Mirandese

Article

ua f sg

1. alternative spelling of ũa

Usage notes

• In standard Mirandese orthography, the character ⟨ũ⟩ represents the phoneme /ũ/ in hiatus. However, because Portuguese keyboards do not support this character, it is often replaced with ⟨u⟩.

Niuean

Niuean cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ua

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

ua

1. two

References

• Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎^[7], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 340

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha.

Noun

ûa

1. rain

References

• “ua”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Samoan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *quha.

Noun

ua

1. rain

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 294

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• uva

Etymology

From Latin ūva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈua/

Noun

ua f (plural uas)

1. grape, (collective noun) grapes (fruit)

   Synonym: aghina

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ua.

Noun

ua (Sundanese spelling ᮅᮃ)

1. uncle (older brother of someone’s parent)

   Antonym: amang

2. aunt (older sister of someone’s parent)

   Antonym: bibi

Swahili

FWOTD – 23 March 2020

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Common Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.

Noun

ua class V (plural maua class VI)

1. flower
   • 1993, Ben R. Mtobwa, Pesa Zako Zinanuka [Your Money Stinks]‎^[8], →ISBN, page 104:

     Maua alikuwa katika hali halisi inayopendeza kama maua yenyewe.

     Maua was in fact as beautiful as flowers themselves.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Common Bantu *dʊ̀bàdà.

Noun

ua class XI (plural nyua class X)

1. yard, court (an enclosure typically attached to the back of a house)
   • 2016, Dag Heward-Mills, Hatua Za Kufikia Upako‎^[9], →ISBN, page 136:

     Waliopanda katika nyumba ya BWANA watasitawi katika nyua za Mungu wetu.

     Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

2. fence (of sticks or grass, of the type used for such an enclosure)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́da (“to break, to smash, to kill”).

Verb

-ua (infinitive kuua)

1. to kill

   Synonym: -fisha

   • 2001, Visiki‎^[10], →ISBN, page 1:

     KIONGOZI: Ndovu aliua watu kama kuku na mbwa.

     LEADER: The elephant killed people as if they were chickens and dogs.

2. (in reflexive forms) to commit suicide

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ua
Positive present -naua Subjunctive -ue Negative -ui Imperative singular ua
Infinitives
Positive kuua Negative kutoua
Imperatives
Singular ua Plural ueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huua Positive past positive subject concord + -liua Negative past negative subject concord + -kuua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naua) Singular Plural 1st person ninaua/naua tunaua 2nd person unaua mnaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaua wanaua other classes positive subject concord + -naua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ui) Singular Plural 1st person siui hatuui 2nd person huui hamuui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haui hawaui other classes negative subject concord + -ui
Positive future positive subject concord + -taua Negative future negative subject concord + -taua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ue) Singular Plural 1st person niue tuue 2nd person uue muue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aue waue other classes positive subject concord + -ue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aua) Singular Plural 1st person naua twaua 2nd person waua mwaua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aua waua m-mi(III/IV) waua yaua ji-ma(V/VI) laua yaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaua vyaua n(IX/X) yaua zaua u(XI) waua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaua pa(XVI) paua mu(XVIII) mwaua
Perfect positive subject concord + -meua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoua Consecutive kaua / positive subject concord + -kaua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niua -tuua 2nd person -kuua -waua/-kuueni/-waueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muua -waua m-mi(III/IV) -uua -iua ji-ma(V/VI) -liua -yaua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiua -viua n(IX/X) -iua -ziua u(XI) -uua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuua pa(XVI) -paua mu(XVIII) -muua Reflexive -jiua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -uaye -uao m-mi(III/IV) -uao -uayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ualo -uayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -uacho -uavyo n(IX/X) -uayo -uazo u(XI) -uao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -uako pa(XVI) -uapo mu(XVIII) -uamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeua -oua m-mi(III/IV) -oua -youa ji-ma(V/VI) -loua -youa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choua -vyoua n(IX/X) -youa -zoua u(XI) -oua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koua pa(XVI) -poua mu(XVIII) -moua
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:
  • Passive: -uawa, -uliwa
  • Reciprocal: -uana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mauaji (“killing, murder”)
  • muuaji (“killer”)
  • mwuaji (“killer”)
  • uuaji (“killing, murder”)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

ua

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.a]

Particle

ua (Jawi ؤواة)

1. sentence-final negation particle; not

   mina motika mifala ua ― she does not leave her house

   • An Account of the Earthquake in 1840:

     ibadan saki ua

     he does not feel well

     (literally, “his body is not feeling well”)

     ngasisioko giki bariman bato simara ibingun ua

     all the believers were not bewildered

     aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira

     it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier

Usage notes

The verbs sema (“to exist”) and mau (“to want”) are not negated by ua, which would be ungrammatical. Instead, one uses the verbs malo (“to not exist”) and hodu (“to not want”), respectively.

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tongan

Tongan numbers ^(edit)

	20
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Cardinal: ua

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.a/

Numeral

ua

1. two

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ua/

Verb

ua

1. to go

Further reading

• M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2003), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[11], volume 2: The Physical Environment, Australian National University, →ISBN.

Venetan

Alternative forms

• ùa, ova

Etymology

From Latin ūva. Compare Italian uva.

Noun

ua f (plural ue)

1. grape

Waigeo

Pronoun

ua

1. third person animate dual pronoun

See also

Waigeo personal pronouns

			singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person	inclusive		ine	tutne	tútne	isne
	exclusive			umne	atúmne	ámne
2nd person			awa	mowá	matúa	mewá
3rd person	animate	subject	ia	ua		sia
		object	i			si
	inanimate	subject	ana	sia
		object		asi

References

• Arnold, Laura (2018), Grammar of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Raja Ampat, west New Guinea (PhD thesis)‎^[12]

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔəjH (“to do, work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuə̯˧/

Verb

ua

1. to do
2. to make
3. to proceed
4. to become

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[13], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.