sua

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

Balinese

Romanization

sua

1. Romanization of ᬲ᭄ᬯ
2. Romanization of ᬰ᭄ᬯ

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sua

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

Etymology 2

Verb

sua

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

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

Garo

Verb

sua

1. (of an animal) to bite

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: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.a/, [ˈsuːä]

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

• suā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.aː/, [ˈs̠uäː]
• suā: (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)

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

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