tua
Brunei MalayEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tua
- old (age of a living being)
AntonymsEdit
- (age): muda (“young”) (living being)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (age): lama (“old”) (non-living being)
CatalanEdit
PronounEdit
tua
Crimean GothicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
NumeralEdit
tua
- 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 quote)
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
tua
- third-person singular past historic of tuer
AnagramsEdit
IbanEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
tua
- we (both of us)
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
tua
- your: belonging to you (informal, singular)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tua
- old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
- ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish túag (“axe, hatchet”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tua f (genitive singular tua or tuaighe, nominative plural tuanna)
DeclensionEdit
- Alternative genitive singular: tuaighe (Cois Fharraige)
- Alternative dative singular: tuaigh (Cork)
Derived termsEdit
- tua búistéara (“pole-axe”)
- tua chatha (“battle-axe”)
- tua chogaidh (“battle-axe”)
- tua choille (“woodman's axe”)
- tua chonnaidh (“firewood chopper, hatchet”)
- tua mhoirtíse (“mortise axe”)
- tuadóir (“axe-man, hewer, chopper”)
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tua | thua | dtua |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 túag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
tua f sg
PronounEdit
tua f sg
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
JavaneseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tua
- Nonstandard spelling of tuwa.
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- tua: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.a/, [ˈt̪uä]
- tua: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.a/, [ˈt̪uːä]
- tuā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.aː/, [ˈt̪uäː]
- tuā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.a/, [ˈt̪uːä]
AdjectiveEdit
tua
- inflection of tuus:
AdjectiveEdit
tuā
MalayEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tua (Jawi spelling توا)
- old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
- ripe (ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
tua f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer or tuor, definite plural tuene or tuone)
Old CatalanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tua
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
tua
PronounEdit
tua
See alsoEdit
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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 |
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
VerbEdit
-tua (infinitive kutua)
ConjugationEdit
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Derived termsEdit
- Nominal derivations:
- kituo (“station”)
TahitianEdit
NounEdit
tua
TeanuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ti- + Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tua
ReferencesEdit
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry tua.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry tua.
TetumEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak, compare Malay tuak.
NounEdit
tua
- indigenous arrack
- European wine made from grapes
Derived termsEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鬚 (SV: tu). Doublet of râu.
NounEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tua
VerbEdit
tua
- 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 3Edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 須 (SV: tu).
AdverbEdit
tua
AnagramsEdit
WelshEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- tuag (used before vowels)
EtymologyEdit
tu (“side; beside”) + â (“with”)[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɨː.a/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtiː.a/
- Rhymes: -ɨːa
PrepositionEdit
tua
- towards
- about, approximately
- Synonym: oddeutu
- tua naw o’r gloch
- about nine o’clock
- tua phum pwys o datws
- about five pounds of potatoes
Usage notesEdit
Tua triggers the aspirate mutation, but in informal language this is usually absent. The word takes the form tuag before vowels when the meaning is "towards" but not when it means "about, approximately".
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tua | unchanged△ | nhua | thua |
△Irregular. | |||
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |