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See also: túa, tuã, tuʻa, tua-, and tú-á

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tua/
  • (Kedayan) IPA(key): /tuha/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧a

Adjective

tua

  1. old (age of a living being)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “age”): muda (“young”) (living being)

Coordinate terms

  • (age): lama (“old”) (non-living being)

Catalan

Pronoun

tua

  1. (archaic, Northern, Alghero)
    1. feminine singular of teu
    2. feminine singular of tou

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

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

Numeral

tua

  1. two
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

tua

  1. third-person singular past historic of tuer

Anagrams

Iban

Etymology

Most likely it comes from the devoicing of the initial consonant of the word dua.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tua

  1. we (both of us)

Ido

Etymology

From tu +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Determiner

tua

  1. your: belonging to you (informal, singular)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtua̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: 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)
    Synonyms: butut, lama

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish túag (“axe, hatchet”).[2]

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish túag (“arch”).[3]

Noun

tua f (genitive singular tua, nominative plural tuanna)

  1. Alternative form of stua (“arch”)
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tua
radical lenition eclipsis
tua thua dtua

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 151, page 59
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.a/
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Hyphenation: tù‧a

Determiner

tua f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuo

Pronoun

tua f sg

  1. feminine singular of tuo

Anagrams

Javanese

Adjective

tua

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tuwa.

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

tua

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

Adjective

tuā

  1. ablative singular feminine of tuus

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqa (compare with Samoan tua (“beyond, outside”), Tahitian tua (“ridge, crest”), Tongan tuʻa and Hawaiian kua).[1][2]

Noun

tua

  1. back
    Synonym: muri

Adjective

tua

  1. further, beyond

Adverb

tua

  1. (location) this side, here

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

tua

  1. to fell, chop down a tree

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 541
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuqa1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

  • “tua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tua f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer or tuor, definite plural tuene or tuone)

  1. definite singular of tue
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of tue

Old Catalan

Adjective

tua

  1. feminine singular of tou

Pangasinan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtua/, [ˈtʊ.a]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧a

Noun

túa

  1. truth

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Determiner

tua

  1. feminine singular of teu

Pronoun

tua

  1. feminine singular of 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


Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-tua (infinitive kutua)

  1. to halt, to stop; to cause to settle or rest

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tua
Positive present -natua
Subjunctive -tue
Negative -tui
Imperative singular tua
Infinitives
Positive kutua
Negative kutotua
Imperatives
Singular tua
Plural tueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutua
Positive past positive subject concord + -litua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatua/natua tunatua
2nd person unatua mnatua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatua wanatua
other classes positive subject concord + -natua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tui)
Singular Plural
1st person situi hatutui
2nd person hutui hamtui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatui hawatui
other classes negative subject concord + -tui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tue)
Singular Plural
1st person nitue tutue
2nd person utue mtue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atue watue
other classes positive subject concord + -tue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atua)
Singular Plural
1st person natua twatua
2nd person watua mwatua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atua watua
m-mi(III/IV) watua yatua
ji-ma(V/VI) latua yatua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatua vyatua
n(IX/X) yatua zatua
u(XI) watua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatua
pa(XVI) patua
mu(XVIII) mwatua
Perfect positive subject concord + -metua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotua
Consecutive katua / positive subject concord + -katua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitua -tutua
2nd person -kutua -watua/-kutueni/-watueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtua -watua
m-mi(III/IV) -utua -itua
ji-ma(V/VI) -litua -yatua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitua -vitua
n(IX/X) -itua -zitua
u(XI) -utua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutua
pa(XVI) -patua
mu(XVIII) -mutua
Reflexive -jitua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tuaye -tuao
m-mi(III/IV) -tuao -tuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tualo -tuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tuacho -tuavyo
n(IX/X) -tuayo -tuazo
u(XI) -tuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tuako
pa(XVI) -tuapo
mu(XVIII) -tuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetua -otua
m-mi(III/IV) -otua -yotua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotua -yotua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotua -vyotua
n(IX/X) -yotua -zotua
u(XI) -otua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotua
pa(XVI) -potua
mu(XVIII) -motua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Tahitian

Noun

tua

  1. back

Teanu

Etymology

From ti- + Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tua

  1. eight

References

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak, compare Malay tuak.

Noun

tua

  1. indigenous arrack
  2. European wine made from grapes

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鬚 (SV: tu). Doublet of râu.

Noun

tua • (𦄼, 𬗲)

  1. fringe; tassel
  2. fringe- or tassel-like object; feeler (of certain animals); antenna

See also

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French tour.

Noun

tua

  1. turn; rotation; round
  2. trip; tour
  3. stroll; walk

Verb

tua

  1. to rewind or skip forward; to rewind or fast forward (a movie, video, etc.)
    Coi phim kiểu gì mà tua riết vậy ông?
    What kind of watcher are you to just keep on fast forwarding movies?

Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 須 (SV: tu).

Adverb

tua

  1. (archaic) must; should

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • tuag (used before vowels)

Etymology

tu (“side; beside”) +‎ â (“with”)[1]

Pronunciation

Preposition

tua

  1. towards
    Synonym: tuag at
  2. about, approximately
    Synonym: oddeutu
    tua naw o’r gloch
    about nine o’clock
    tua phum pwys o datws
    about five pounds of potatoes

Usage notes

  • Triggers the aspirate mutation in formal language but not often in colloquial language, where the aspiriate mutation is mostly found in set phrases.
  • Takes the form tuag before vowels when the meaning is "towards" but not when it means "about, approximately".

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tua
radical soft nasal aspirate
tua unchanged△ nhua thua

△Irregular.

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

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tua”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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