uta

See also: Uta, UTA, utaʼ, uța, úta, ũta, -uta, -uța, and -uță

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Utanga.

Symbol

uta

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Otank terms

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

uta (uncountable)

1. cutaneous leishmaniasis

Etymology 2

From Japanese うた.

Noun

uta (plural utas or uta)

1. A kind of Japanese poem.

Related terms

• uta monogatari

Anagrams

• AUT, UAT, aut-, tau

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

uta class 14 (plural mauta class 6)

1. bow (for arrows)

Derived terms

• wolasa ndi uta (“archer”)
• uta wa Leza (“rainbow, spectrum”)
• mbalame ikatera pauta silasika

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford University Press, page 561

Chuukese

Verb

uta

1. to stand up

Gothic

Romanization

ūta

1. romanization of 𐌿𐍄𐌰

Japanese

Romanization

uta

1. Rōmaji transcription of うた

Limos Kalinga

Noun

uta

1. vomit

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ta/, [ʉ.tɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Hawaiian uka and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

Noun

uta

1. interior (the inside regions of a country or island)
2. land (from a sea or water perspective)
3. the shore

Adjective

uta

1. inland (from a coastal perspective)
2. ashore

Usage notes

A location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *uta (compare with Tahitian uta “to carry cargo on any vehicle”, Samoan uta and Tongan uta “cargo, freight”) from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan “load, cargo, freight” ~ *ujan “cargo; load a canoe” (compare with Fijian usa “to carry freight”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lujan (“cargo; to load on a canoe” – compare with Makasar lurang “load, cargo, freight, passenger”, Buginese lureng, Mandar rurang, Tagalog lulan “cargo, load”).

Noun

uta

1. load
2. contribution
3. freight, cargo
4. import; export

   uta mai ― import

   uta atu ― export

Verb

uta (passive utaina)

1. to load on, put on (passengers or cargo on vehicles)

   Synonym: whakauta

2. to contribute

Derived terms

• utanga
• utauta
• whakauta

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “uta”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 552
• “uta” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

uta

1. tick (tiny woodland arachnid)

Pukapukan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quta, from Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

Noun

uta

1. land (as opposed to the sea)

Derived terms

• ngāuta (“ashore; on land”)
• Uta

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *uta, from Proto-Oceanic *(ʀ)ucan (“load, cargo, freight”).

Verb

uta

1. to load onto, lift up, place on

   Uta atu ake aku niu ia ki lunga o tō poti nā.

   Please will you lift up my coconuts onto your boat?

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Swahili

uta

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

uta class XI (plural nyuta class X)

1. bow (for arrows)

   Synonym: upinde

   • 2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[3]:

     Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.

     After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.

Noun

uta class 14 (plural mauta)

1. bow (for arrows)

Derived terms

• Ciuta (“God”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[4], Central Africana Limited, page 135

Yoruba

ọkùnrin Awúsá tó ń ṣa uta láti tà

Alternative forms

• ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìkálẹ̀)

Etymology

From u- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be spicy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ū.tā/
• (Ekiti) IPA^(key): /ʊ̄.tā/

Noun

uta

1. (Ào, Ekiti) alternative form of ata (“pepper”)