See also: thưa and þúa

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Apocope of *thuan, from Proto-Albanian *(a)tsāna,[1]from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp) (compare Lithuanian ašnìs (blade edge), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, pine thistle), English awn (bristle of barley)).

Noun edit

thua m (plural thonj, definite thoi, definite plural thonjtë)

  1. (anatomy) nail (of the body), fingernail, toenail

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “thua”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 481

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

thua f

  1. Lenited form of tua.

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to lose, SV: thâu).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

thua (𪿐)

  1. to lose

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